Reps Speaker condemns kidnaping of workers, patients in Kaduna

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The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, has denounced the recent abduction of workers and patients in Kaduna State.

On Monday, bandits kidnapped two nurses and two patients from the Primary Healthcare Centre in Kuyallo, a community in Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of the north-western state.

Reports indicate that the attackers targeted the health facility after their attempt to abduct students from the Government Day Secondary School in the same community failed.

In response to the incident on Tuesday, Speaker Tajudeen expressed deep concern about the increasing boldness of bandits and kidnappers. He urged security agencies to take urgent action to rescue the victims.

“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,” the Speaker said.

He also called for sustained efforts to rid every part of Nigeria of the menace of kidnapping, banditry and terrorism.