Heavily armed gunmen
suspected to be robbers on
Saturday reportedly wrecked
havoc in one of the biggest
private hospitals (name
withheld) located on the New
Otukpo road in Makurdi, Benue
state capital.
According to Vanguard, the
robbers who carted away
undisclosed sum of money and
other valuables also beat up
patients on admission and
inflicted injuries on many.
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A staff of the hospital who spoke
on condition of anonymity said
the assailants invaded the
hospital at about 11pm Saturday
night and started shooting
sporadically.
“The heavily armed men
numbering about eight drove
into the hospital in two cars, we
thought they brought a patient
for treatment or maybe came to
visit one of the sick patients.
Nobody ever thought that they
were robbers until they took
position within the hospital and
tied up the security guard on
duty and started shouting on
everyone to lie down and bring
out their money and phones.
Before then, they had gone to
the counter and collected all the
money that was paid to the
nurses on duty over the shelve by
patients, since the accountant
had closed for the day. From
there, they went from ward to
ward and room to room beating
patients and their visitor and
dispossessing them of anything
of value they could lay their
hands on, including mobile
phones and cash. At the end of
the operation which lasted about
20 minutes, many were injured
but no one was killed; they drove
off shooting sporadically to scare
off everyone” the staff said.
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SP Daniel Ezeala, the state Police
Public Relations Officer, (PPRO)
when contacted for
confirmation, he said the
incident was yet to be reported
at the command Headquaters.

Sources:www.naij.com/70662.html