Bandits Kidnap Two Nurses In Kaduna, Barely Two Days After Attack On Private Varsity

Bandits suspected to be kidnappers have abducted two nurses working with  Idon General Hospital in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

The hospital is located less than a kilometer from a police checkpoint along the Kaduna-Kachia road in Idon.

The incident which occurred in the early hours of Thursday comes barely 24 hours after several students were abducted and one person killed during an attack on Greenfield University along the Kaduna-Abuja highway in Chikun Local Government Area.

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The Chairman of Kajuru Local Government Area, Cafra Caino, who confirmed the incident to Channels Television said the bandits stormed the general hospital through the fence with deadly weapons and started shooting sporadically within the hospital premises.

He explained that two nurses identified as Afiniky Bako and Grace Inkut who were on night duty were taken away by the bandits.

The Chairman also said that plans were underway to boost security in the hospital and environs to avoid a future occurrence of such an attack.

On Tuesday, gunmen attacked a private varsity in the state, killing one staff and abducting scores of students.

The school, Greenfield University, is located along the Kaduna–Abuja Highway in Chikun Local Government Area.

Eyewitnesses said the gunmen stormed the university late at night and started shooting sporadically before they took some of the students away.

The locals said that the university with about forty students population does not have enough security on the ground, despite being located in one of the epicenters of kidnapping, a situation which they believe made it easier for the bandits to gain easy access into the institution.

A management staff of the  Greenfield University in the Chikun Local Government Area told our correspondent that  23 people were kidnapped after the bandits attacked the school.

The number according to the staff includes 14 girls, six boys, and three staff members of the university.

He also said that the bandits have established contact with some parents of the abducted students,  and have made a demand of N800 million ransom before they will release the children.