Unknown gunmen Friday morning in Kano northern Nigeria ambushed some health workers, who were on mandatory polio immunization exercise, killing nine of them on the spot.
In the two separate attacks in Hotoro and Angwar Uku in Tarouni Local Government Area of the State, two women were killed in Angwar Uku while seven others were killed in the second attack.
Residents of the area, who witnessed the incident at Shargawlle Comprehensive Health centre in Angwar Uku quarters said the gunmen stormed the health centre on a motorbike and attempted to burn the health centre while the healthcare workers were on immunization exercise.
It was gathered that a portion of the health centre was torched in an attempt to set the entire building ablaze.
In another separate attack in Haye, Hotoro quarters, the gun men were said to have opened fire on the health workers who were on immunization exercise in the area.
Contacted, Spokesman of the Kano Police Command, ASP Magaji Musa, who confirmed the incident said, this morning at about 9.30 am, some gunmen stormed Hotoro and Angwar Uku Health centres and killed nine people, including two women.
The Health workers were on routine immunization exercise.
Meanwhile, Musa disclosed that the area has been cordoned off as no arrest has been made, adding that investigations into the incident has commenced.
Confirming the attack, the Commissioner of Health, Dr Abubakar Labaran said that some gun men attacked some health workers, most of whom were women at Anguwar Uku, killing two women and injuring two others.
Labaran said that already those killed and injured have been rushed to the hospital, describing it as a sad development, pointing out that nine people, all women were killed by the unknown gunmen.
However, before the arrival of the Joint Task Force, It was learnt that the gunmen, who stormed the area on tricycle have made good their escaped.
Pointblanknews.com reports that the sad incident coincided with the visit of the Inspector- General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar who was billied to visit Police Academy, Wudil for inspection of facilities in the Academy which has been upgraded to a degree awarding institution.
Also, in recent times, security agencies have continued to clamp down on leaders of Islamic Boko Haram sect in the ancient City as the JTF claimed three top members of the sect believed to have carried out attack on the convoy of the Emir of Kano, Alhaji Ado Abdullahi Bayero, have been arrested.