Suspected terrorists have reportedly abducted a yet-to-be ascertained number of students from a school in Mussa village, Askira/Uba LGA of Borno state.
Quoting residents, Reuters
reported that insurgents attacked Mussa Primary and Junior
Secondary School at about 9am on Friday while classes were ongoing, abducting
several students.
A teacher at the school told Reuters that the attackers
arrived on motorcycles.
“Despite some students escaping into the bushes, I can tell
you many were taken away,” the teacher said.
Reuters reported that Midala Balami, a lawmaker representing
Askira-Uba/Hawul federal constituency of Borno in the House of Representatives,
described the attack as “heartbreaking” and urged authorities to respond
swiftly.
The police command in Borno and the military have yet to
make any official statement on the incident as of the time of filing this
report.
In recent years, terrorists have increasingly targeted
schools in northern Nigeria, abducting students for ransom.
Last November, no fewer than 303 students were abducted from
St. Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School in Papiri, Agwara LGA of Niger
state.
Also, in the same month, gunmen attacked the
Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School (GGCSS) in Maga,
Danko/Wasagu LGA of Kebbi state, and took away 25 students.
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