Aishatu Abdullahi, one of the
schoolgirls that escaped Boko Haram’s Monday attack on Dapchi town of Yobe
State, has said some of the girls were abducted.
According to her, not all the
girls escaped the armed insurgents’ attack.
The Police in Yobe state on
Tuesday disclosed that no life was lost in yesterday’s attack on Government
Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Dapchi, in Bursari LGA of Yobe state, by
suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.
The Yobe state Commissioner of
Police, Mr. Abdulmaliki Sumonu revealed that there has so far not been any
report of abduction of any of the girls in the school.
The insurgents had attacked the
town on Monday and carted away foodstuffs at the College, while firing
sporadically forcing staff and students to flee for safety.
The traumatised school girl told
Premium Times that she saw some of the girls being whisked away by the armed
men.
Aishatu, who spoke in Hausa 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 but they were able to. We saw some people
pushing some of the students to enter their vehicles.
“There were no soldiers at the
time of the invasion. It was later after the principal placed a call that some
soldiers came and then we began to see helicopter hovering around the village.
”We were in the mosque when the
Boko Haram gunmen came into the town. According to the accounts of some of my
mates, the Boko Haram told those that were caught in the mosque to sit on the
floor, including our teachers. One of our teacher was injured in his leg and
hand – I don’t know if it was from gunshot. We don’t know what later happened,
the gunmen later left the people in the mosque.
“They came in three trucks. But
they didn’t cart away food from our store as claimed.
“Some of the other schoolgirls
ran with some of our teachers to a house near the school. We saw the women in
the house running away, but we had to enter and hide inside the house. All of
us that escaped including our school principal, the vice principal and some
other teachers stayed in the deserted house till morning.
”I cannot say how many of us
(were involved) but I know that our game master was able to escape with about
60 students into the bush.
“Many students cannot be
accounted for till this moment, some classes are empty, some classes had less
than 15 students; some said ten could not be accounted for; mostly all of the
classes have missing students.
“Many of us are traumatised; many
were even fainting upon hearing any unusual sounds due to the experience.
”The school has given us one week
to go home for a break; but in all honesty, I am not willing to come back here
because we are scared of what could happen to us in the future.”
The Govt will not want to reveal to Nigerians that More innocent girls have been carted away by this useless people called Boko Haram Terrorists in order not to discredit the APC Govt of the day.
ReplyDeleteTruth be told, some of the girls have fallen prey to this idiots, the Govt is silent about it therefore not taking responsibility.
Any Govt that cannot take full responsibility of its citizens is a failed Govt and Buhari's Govt is not an exemption
Totally failed Government
Buhari should make haste and visit Yobe if not, they should apologize to Gej for abuses and insults meted out to him when he cancelled his trip to Chibok.
ReplyDeleteReally there is a problem and govt, have to do something about it.
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