7 nursing mothers including the chief security officer of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Centre in Zaria, Kaduna State have been abducted.
Five members of staff of the hospital were also abducted in the attack on the health facility.
The bandits, stormed the residential center of the health facility in their numbers and engages security officers from a nearby police station in a gun battle according to eyewitnesses.
Also, confirming the incident, Public Relations Officer of the Medical and Health Union of the Center, Maryam Abdulrazaq, said she compiled six names of those abducted as at the time of this report.
She said the latest incident made it the third time their staff were abducted by the bandits.
According to her, The principal Security guard on duty, two nurses Joy Yakubu and Odor and her baby, Lab Technician Christiana, Kasim from Auditorium office were among
those kidnapped.
When newsmen visited the police division and the centre, bullet holes were visible
The attackers were said to have blocked the bridge linking the village with Zaria town, to obviously thwart any reinforcement by the police.
When contacted, the Kaduna State Police Command Public Relation Officer, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident, saying efforts are on to rescue the victims.
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