Unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits on Sunday kidnapped some babies, two nurses and three staff from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State.
Sources said the bandits, who attacked the hospital in large numbers engaged security operatives from a nearby police station in a shootout.
An official of the health facility who craved anonymity disclosed that a principal security guard on duty was among the people abducted.
“Those kidnapped were our staff living at the staff quarters, some were abducted alongside their children. So about ten people were taken away so far,” he said.
Also, confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Medical and Health Union of the Center, Maryam Abdulrazaq, said she compiled six names of those abducted.
She said the latest incident made it the third time their staff were abducted by the bandits.
“So far, I have six names of the people abducted but I will try to get the remaining four names by Monday God willing. The principal Security guard on duty, two nurses Joy Yakubu and Odor and her baby, lab technician Christiana, Kasim from the Auditorium office were among those kidnapped,” she said.
