Bandits on Monday evening broke into a hospital in Yola, Adamawa State capital and abducted the owner.
The victim, Dr Saidu Bala, is the immediate past Medical Director of Specialist Hospital, Yola.
A source confirmed that the bandits invaded the hospital after 6pm, when residents had just observed Maghrib prayer, shooting 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.
Adamawa State Police Spokesperson, DSP Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident, 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 happened amid the concerns about the high level of insecurity in the country, especially in Northern Nigeria.
