The Niger State Government has condemned the attack on the General Hospital Gulu, in the Lapai Local Government Area of the state.
DAILY NIGERIAN reports that terrorists had in the early hours of Tuesday attacked the health facility, killing two persons and abducting medical personnel in the hospital.
Confirming the attack in a statement on Tuesday, Mary Noel-Berje, the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Abubakar Musa-Bello, described the incident as callous, inhuman, and condemnable.
While decrying the spate of insecurity in the Lapai axis, the governor stressed the need for swift, intensified security operations in order not to hamper the smooth healthcare delivery in the area.
“We are deeply concerned about the recent rise in armed banditry and kidnappings in Gulu communities when we are rejoicing and consolidating in the successes so far recorded in other affected areas, but as a responsible government we’ll not rest on our oars until we triumph over evil,” he said.
The governor, however, commiserated with the families of the deceased, assuring that the state government, in close collaboration with security agencies, would do everything humanly possible to secure the release of those abducted.
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