TRAGIC: Bandits Storm Kaduna Hospital, Abduct Doctor, Five Patients, Security Guard
Armed bandits in large numbers stormed a private hospital in Kaduna State early Tuesday, abducting a medical doctor, five patients, and a security guard, while leaving another guard critically wounded in a hail of bullets.
The assault unfolded around 2 a.m. in Kujama town, headquarters of Chikun Local Government Area, targeting the Nasara Nursing and Maternity Home.
According to a source in Kaduna, “the bandits stormed Kujama town… and went straight to the private hospital.” The attackers, who also raided nearby houses, overpowered the facility’s defenses with ruthless efficiency.
One security personnel, attempting to resist, “was shot multiple times, sustaining severe injuries before being rushed to another hospital for treatment.”
This hospital siege marks the latest in a string of violent bandit incursions plaguing Kaduna, where rural communities live under constant threat from kidnapping, murder, and extortion.
Just last Friday, bandits killed two police officers inside the Divisional Police Headquarters in Zonkwa town, headquarters of Zangon Kataf Local Government Area.
Adding to the grim toll, on Thursday, bandits slaughtered nine people—including three minors—in Layin Danauta village, Birnin Gwari Local Government Area. A local source, who first confirmed the attack, revealed that “the three slain minors were daughters of one Alhaji Salisu Maiwada.” The other victims included “five married men and a young bachelor.” Several survivors sustained varying degrees of injuries, with many in critical condition at nearby hospitals.
Kaduna’s bandit crisis has claimed hundreds of lives this year alone, fueled by porous borders, arms proliferation, and weak security coordination.
Governor Uba Sani’s administration has vowed intensified military operations, but critics decry the recurring failures.
Rights groups like Amnesty International have urged federal intervention, warning of a humanitarian catastrophe as fear paralyzes healthcare access and daily life.
As search teams comb forests for the abducted, residents brace for more bloodshed. “We can’t even sleep anymore,” the Chikun source lamented, echoing a chorus of despair across the state. With no group claiming responsibility, the cycle of violence shows no sign of abating, testing the limits of Tinubu’s renewed security pledges.