Bandits have attacked Kurfi General Hospital in Kurfi local government area of Katsina state, shooting a watchman and abducting four women, including the wife of one of the health officials on duty.
This is according to Daily Trust citing unnamed sources.
It said that the incident started around 10:45am when three of the bandits entered the hospital and were engaged by guardsman who intercepted them to inquire about their mission at the hospital.
“Whey they started arguing, the watchman quickly went and locked the hospital gate, unknown to him that other armed members of the attackers were outside.
“They jumped over the wall fence and shot the watch man in the stomach. It was thought that he had died but was later given first aid and rushed to a hospital in Katsina” the sources told the paper.
It said further that the attackers had wanted to abduct one Mustapha Hamza who is a casual staff of the hospital on duty at the time, but he luckily escaped but unfortunately his wife, who accompanied him to the hospital, was abducted in the process.
“Mustapha is an anastasia nurse and he was on call at the time to attend to a woman who would undergo a surgery.
“Usually, his wife would follow him when ever he is called because she would not be comfortable staying back home alone. And that was how she fell victim in the attack,” it quoted the source as saying.
