Gunmen have broken into a hospital in Yola, the Adamawa State capital and abducted the owner.
The victim, Dr. Saidu Bala, is the immediate past Medical Director of Specialist Hospital, Yola.
According to a source, the gunmen invaded the hospital after 6pm, when residents had just observed Maghrib prayer.
The source said immediately they got to the hospital, they shot sporadically to scare people away.
Adamawa State Police spokesman, Dsp Sulaiman Nguroje, confirmed the incident saying officers had been deployed to track down the attackers and rescue the victim.