Yobe state ( 3 Korean Doctors killed by Armed men )

How Gunmen Killed 3 Korean Doctors In Yobe – Witnesses

Armed men on Sunday morning stormed a house in which three Korean doctors were quartered at T Junction area, Potiskum LGA of Yobe state and slaughtered them. These doctors were employed as specialists in Ear, Nose& Throat; Acupuncture and Gynaecology. Their corpses have been conveyed to Federal Medical Center, Azare.
Three eyewitnesses yesterday gave chilling accounts of how six gunmen murdered these three Korean doctors. According to them, the hoodlums broke into the doctors apartment in the early hours of the day and slit their throats. The operation lasted about 40 minutes.
An eyewitness named Mustapha, was peeping through a window when the attackers stormed the apartment, the gunmen walked straight to the compound and broke the gate to the main entrance.
Mustapha said in a telephone interview withus.

“I was peeping through the window when six armed men walked to the house of doctors in this area. Two of the gunmen took positions at the gate, while four entered the house. Ten minutes later, I started hearing cries and yelling, probably from the gunmen giving orders to their colleagues. But I cannot tell you whether all the three doctors were killed or not, because I did not hear the sounds of any gunshot fired by the suspects that night.”
Another eyewitness, Isa Yakubu, said the gunmen overpowered the doctors, tied their hands to their backs and slit their throats. He added that the wives of the doctors were looking for help when the gunmen escaped but could not find any help.
Yakubu, who said that the attacks and killings lasted about 40 minutes, added that the gunmen left the dismembered head of one of the doctors on the apartment’s gate.
Another eyewitness who sought anonymity said the remains of the doctors were deposited in the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, Bauchi State, because the morgue facility in Potiskum General Hospital was ill-equipped.
Confirming the incident yesterday, the commissioner of police, Yobe State Command, Alhaji Sanusi Rufai, said the three doctors were killed in the early hours of yesterday. He said the three men and a woman were posted to the Potiskum General Hospital.
Rufai said it was however too early to know who was behind the attack. “Police have begun an investigation. The victims were reportedly found inside their flat on Sunday morning, after people became worried that they were not answering the door,” he said. “Unfortunately, when they were posted and assumed duties as expatriates, the police were not notified to give them adequate security coverage. As I am talking to you now, I am in Potiskum. The three male health workers have been confirmed dead while we are still working to uncover the details.”
“For now, we cannot say with certainty those behind it or what exactly happened,” he said.