Katsina State Health Commissioner, Nuhu Danja, is currently on admission in a Kaduna hospital following injuries he sustained from the Monday evening Kaduna train attack by terrorists.
The terrorists were said to have shot and injured the commissioner in the leg during the attack.
An official of the State Ministry of Health made the disclosure on Tuesday night, stating that the commissioner was in stable condition.
It was further learnt that scores of sympathisers from Katsina and Abuja had also traveled to Kaduna to commiserate with the commissioner.
The Commissioner was reportedly returning to katsina from Abuja after attending the All Progressives Congress National Convention.
He was said to have boarded the Abuja-Kaduna evening train to continue the rest of the katsina trip by road from Kaduna.
The PUNCH recalls that the Kaduna State Government, on Tuesday evening, said that eight persons were killed while 26 others were injured by the terrorists who attacked the Abuja-Kaduna passenger train on Monday.
The Kaduna state Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan, disclosed in a statement.
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