In the same vein, At least two persons were shot dead while many were abducted when bandits broke into Abdulsalami Abubakar General Hospital, Gulu, Lapai Local Government Area of Niger State, on Monday night.
While the identities of those killed had not been ascertained as of press time, it has been confirmed that among those abducted were a medical doctor, a pharmacist, nurses as well as patients and their relations.
VOp news gathered that among the hospital staff abducted were Head, Clinical Services simply identified as Dr. John, Head of Hematology, Usman Zabbo, and a staff member of medical lab, Awaisu Bida.
Also abducted were wife of the Head of Nursing Services and his daughters, wife and a daughter of the Chief Pharmacist, and many other relations of the patients.
The attack was believed to be a targeted operation to get health personnel to treat some of the injured bandits in the forest.
However, Police was yet to comment. The Niger State Police Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Wasiu Abiodun promised to get back with details of the attack
