The bandits struck in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State as they attacked the Primary Health Centre kidnapped many patients and two nurses.
One of the leaders of a local Vigilante group, Musa Alhassan, said the bandits initially targeted the nearby Government Day Secondary School, arriving around 9 am on Monday.
He added that upon finding the school empty, the bandits turned their attention to the nearby healthcare center.
“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 center kidnapped the people there,” Alhassan said.
Alhassan further narrated that the bandits came into the healthcare center, “wielding guns and machetes. They started dragging people out of the hospital, and we could not do anything to stop them.”
The Kaduna State Police Command, as well as the state government have yet to speak on the incident.
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