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Gunmen storm Adamawa Hospital, abduct doctor
Gunmen reportedly broke into a hospital in Yola, Adamawa State capital, on Monday evening, and abducted the owner, a medical doctor.
The victim, Dr Saidu Bala, is said to be the immediate past Medical Director of Specialist Hospital, Yola.
According to a source, who spoke to Daily Trust, the gunmen invaded the hospital after 6pm, when residents had just finished observing the Maghrib prayer.
The source said immediately they got to the hospital, they shot sporadically to scare people away.
“The gunmen stormed the hospital shortly after Maghrib prayer and shot into the air to scare people away.
“They then went to Dr Saidu Bala’s office and took him away. The operation was so fast that it was conducted in less than five minutes,” the source said.
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Adamawa State Police spokesman, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident to Daily Trust, saying officers had been deployed to track down the attackers and rescue the victim.
“Our men found three used bullet canisters at the scene of the crime and we have immediately deployed men of anti-kidnapping squad to rescue the abducted medical practitioner,” he said.
The incident came amid concerns about the high level of insecurity in the north and request by the Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal, to President Muhammadu Buhari to declare a state of emergency in the north.