Forty-eight students of the 94 who were reported missing
after an alleged Boko Haram attack in Government Girls Technical College,
Dapchi have returned.
Mohammed Lamin who is the state commissioner of education
said 28 of the students returned on Tu He said: “This has brought down the 94
missing students realised at the yesterday headcount to 48 this morning.
Aishatu who claimed the terrorists came in three trucks said
many of her classmates are still captured. She also claimed that those who
escaped include their school principal, the vice principal and some other
teachers.
She said: “My name is
Aishatu Abdullahi. I am a Senior Secondary (SS) student of GGSS Dapchi. “I was
in the school when the Boko Haram insurgents came at exactly the time we were
preparing to break our usual Monday fast. They were shooting guns and everyone
was confused; then we started running helter skelter .
We saw some people pushing some of the students to enter
their vehicles." Suspected Boko Haram members were said to have attacked
Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Burasari local government area of
Yobe state.
The attack was confirmed by the Yobe state commissioner of
police, Abdulmaliki Sunmonu. A teacher in the school, who escaped the attack,
told Daily Trust that the attackers stormed the school around 7pm through the
eastern part of the town. A resident, Alhaji Ibrahim, said the attackers
stormed the village in six Hilux vans through the eastern part while shooting
sporadically.
source Naij.com
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