Mr Abdulmaliki Sumonu, the Yobe Commissioner of
Police, said on Tuesday that there was no loss of life in the suspected Boko
Haram insurgents attack on Government Girls College in Dapchi town.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that terrorists attacked the
town on Monday and carted away foodstuffs at the Government Girls College,
while firing sporadically forcing staff and students to flee into surroundings
for safety.
Sumonu told newsmen in Yobe that three males were later abducted by the
insurgents in a remote community in Geidam Local Government Area after the
attack on Dapchi.
He said so far, there was no report of abduction of any of the girls in
the school. “We are still collecting the details on the attack, census of the girls
and the general public,” he said.
NAN gathered from Dapchi residents that there was no casualty recorded
and no injury sustained as the terrorists sporadically shot in the air to scare
people away when they arrived in the town.
According to the residents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the
terrorists carted away food items from the stores of the Government Girls
College, Dapchi, and petrol from hawkers, who abandoned their products to run
for safety.
NAN recalls that there were fears on Monday over the safety of students
of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS Dapchi, in Bursari Local
Government area of Yobe State, over the reported presence of insurgents in the
area.
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