How Armed Gang Invaded Hospital In Ado-Ekiti, Looking For a-day-old Baby For Ritual

On Sunday at Ado-Ekiti, a government hospital located around Irona area was invaded around 1a.m, by five gunmen, suspected to be ritualists demanding for a-day-old-baby.

According (NAN)
A senior health officer, who pleaded anonymity, said that
the armed men invaded the hospital demanding for the whereabouts of a particular baby said to have been delivered earlier in the day. When they could not get a satisfactory answer, they starting molesting
medical officials on night duty.
"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.
"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.
The State Police Public
Relations Officer, Mr. Victor Babayemi, ASP, who was surprised at the development,
however said the incident was yet to be reported to the police
command. (Punch)