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Unknown gunmen attack University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Whisk Away Top Director
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers attacked the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH) in Ituku Ozalla, Enugu State, in the early hours of Tuesday.
The attack comes after a previous incident earlier this year when a resident doctor was abducted from the hospital premises but later managed to escape from the kidnappers’ den.
According to reports, the attackers abducted a female deputy director of the hospital and a security personnel during the Tuesday morning raid.
The assailants reportedly abandoned an SUV belonging to the abducted woman, a nurse, which displayed signs of bullet perforations on the front passenger side, as seen in a viral video.
“This is so sad; we are not safe at all in this hospital; everywhere is porous,” a distressed staff member told Vanguard.
The police and hospital management have not yet officially confirmed the incident, and details about the circumstances surrounding the abduction remain unclear.