Bandits have attacked a Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State, kidnapping two nurses and an unspecified number of patients.
According to Musa Alhassan, a leader of a local Vigilante group, “The bandits came to the school around 9 am, asking about the students, but when they found out that the school was empty, they went to the healthcare centre and started kidnapping people.”
The bandits, who were seeking to abduct students, instead took two female nurses and several patients hostage, leaving the community in a state of panic. “The exact number of patients kidnapped is still unknown,” Alhassan added. An eyewitness described the terrifying scene, saying “the bandits came into the healthcare centre, wielding guns and machetes. They started dragging people out of the hospital, and we could not do anything to stop them.”
When contacted, the Kaduna State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, did not respond to phone calls or a text message. The attack is part of a series of bandit attacks in the state, underscoring the urgent need for action to prevent such incidents.
