Gunmen suspected to be bandits on the morning of Monday, 9 September, 2024 around 9am kidnapped two nurses and an unspecified number of patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre at Kuyallo, eastern part of Birnin-Gwari LGA of Kaduna State.
The assailants were said to have targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School on Monday, 9 September, 2024. However, upon finding the school empty, they stormed the closest health centre.
According to a leader of a local vigilante group in the area, Musa Alhassan, 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 bandits came to the school around 9:00 am, asking about the students, but when they found out the school was empty, they went to the healthcare centre and started kidnapping people. The exact number of patients kidnapped is still unknown, ”Alhassan said.
An eyewitness further revealed that the bandits came into the healthcare centre wielding guns and machetes and dragged people out of the hospital.
Recall that on Friday, 6 September, 2024 bandits attacked a community in Kaduna State.
This incident is the latest in a series of attacks by bandits in the state.
However, as at the time of filing this report, there is no official statement yet on the incident from the Kaduna State Police Command and the state government.
