Nigeria, March 13 -- The police in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria, say they have rescued a security officer abducted in the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital (UNTH), Ituku Ozalla, in Nkanu West Local Government Area of the state.

UNTH is the teaching hospital of the University of Nigeria.

The police spokesperson in the state, Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday.

PREMIUM TIMES reported how gunmen attacked the hospital on Tuesday morning and abducted the security officer and a deputy director at the facility.

Some staff members of the hospital had told this newspaper that the deputy director was trailed to the premises of the hospital around 9 a.m. on Tuesday and shot at her SUV vehicle.

The deputy director...