 And gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted babies from the residential quarters of the National Tuberculosis and Leprosy Center in Zaria, Cardinal State. Five staff of the hospital, including female nurses, were also abducted. The bandits reportedly came in large numbers, engaged officers from a nearby police station in a gun battle before attacking the hospital. The public relations officer of the Medical and Health Union of the center, Miriam Abdul-Razak, says she compelled six names of those abducted.