Reps Speaker Abbas condemns kidnap of workers, patients in Kaduna hospital

The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Tajudeen Abbas, has condemned the violent invasion of a hospital in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State, and the kidnapping of medical staff and patients on Monday.

In a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr. Musa Krishi, on Tuesday, the speaker charged security agencies to rise up to the occasion and rescue those held captive by the bandits.

Persecondnews recalls that bandits attacked a primary healthcare centre in Layin Dan Auta village, Kuyello Ward, Birnin-Gwari, kidnapping two nurses and an unknown number of patients.

The statement reads: “The activities of bandits have become too rampant, especially with the last attack on vulnerable targets like a hospital.

“Our security forces need to, as a matter of emergency, go after the abductors and rescue those abducted from the health facility.

“They must ensure that no Nigerian kidnapped in any part of the country remains in captivity.”

Abbas called for continued and intensified efforts to eradicate kidnapping, banditry, and terrorism from all regions of Nigeria.