HEALTH GOSSIP: Gunmen storm Hospital in Ekiti State Demanding for Babies!!!

Really weird!!! What would gunmen be looking for in a Hospital for God's sake... Got this story from the Punch Newspaper..

Five gunmen, suspected to be ritualists on Sunday invaded the government hospital in Ado-Ekiti, demanding for new born babies.

A senior health officer, who pleaded anonymity, said that the armed men invaded the hospital located along Irona area at about 1am and suddenly began molesting medical officials on night duty.

According to the officer, the invaders, who were fully armed, are rhetorically demanding for the whereabouts of a particular baby, said to have been delivered earlier in the day.

"They got more annoyed when they were told that no baby was available in the hospital as at the time they came, it angered then the more and they went berserk," the officer said.

This development, NAN learnt angered the men who beat up the hospital staff and injured some of them.

"As a senior person on duty, I tried to convince them that all new born babies have been discharged from the centre in the last couple of days, but they refused to be convinced.

"This angered them the more and they descended on the staff beating us, some of them were busy ransacking the place in search of babies," the source said.

When contacted, the Chairman of Ado Local Government, Mr. Tope Olanipekun confirmed the incident, saying "this is a new twist to crime in the area."

The chairman said that he had already ordered that night duty be suspended in all the hospitals in the council, pending when tight security measures, which would include fencing of all health centres be taken.

Could they be ritualists or Kidnappers?
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