Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members has in early hour
of today attacked and killed dozens students of Federal Government College Buni
Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State. Yobe state Police
Commissioner, Sanusi A Rufai confirmed that twenty nine male students were killed
and twenty four structures that include the Administration block, students
hostel and staff quarters were burnt down.
A resident in the area said he has counted 39 lifeless
bodies within the premises. "The attackers started the operation around
12:15 unpertubed until after 4 am, the students were slaughtered and fired with
guns.
I counted 39 copses" he said. Daily trust gathered that
the assailants stormed the school premises in 6 Hilux pick up vans and
motorcycles and separated only the male students before they opened fire on
them. "It was too horrible because, some of the students were slaughtered,
some were burnt inside the hostel”, a source said.
He said that many
school structures were burnt down along with the occupants including the staff
quarters residents in Gujba.
The source also stated that three ambulances passed to the
school to convey the dead and injured. Armed Security operatives were seen
moving to the town, although there was no telecommunication network in the
area. Army spokesman, Captain Eli Lazarus confirmed the attack adding that they
are yet to know the number of casualties.
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