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No fewer than 40 students were shot dead
yesterday by men believed to be Boko Haram
terrorists in an attack on a school hostel in
Yobe State.
The students of College of Agriculture, Gujba,
40 kilometres from Damaturu the state capital,
were asleep when the agents of death stole
into their hostel. It was one of the most
horrific attacks ever carried out on defenceless
people by the insurgents.
The gunmen also set the school buildings on
fire as they retreated after the attack.
The Nation gathered that the attackers
numbering about 30 drove into the school
around 1:30am and moved straight to the
students hostel where they assembled them in
various groups and opened fire on them.
“They arrived at the school around 1:00am.
We thought they were security personnel on
surveillance, but they later invaded Admin
Hostel and beat up the victims outside the
hostel and opened fire on them,” Ibrahim, a
survivor, said.
An employee of the College, Musa Amadu, said
the gunmen stormed the college in Toyota
Hilux trucks, Volkswagen Golf cars and
motorcycles, killing the students, after closing
all the gates to prevent them from escaping.
He said about 18 students were abducted by
the attackers. Others hid in the ceilings,
Amadu said. He said the gunmen ordered the
students not to flee before shooting them in
the three-hour attack.
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam wept on seeing the
bodies of the slain students with gun shot
wounds on various parts of their bodies at
mortuary. There was also a picture of the
victims packed in a truck, their bodies
drenched in blood.
Damaturu Specialist Hospital Medical Director
Dr Garba Fika confirmed that 40 students were
killed.
He told the governor who visited the hospital
that five students, including three with
fractures, one with bullet wound and another
with abdominal injury, were at the hospital.
The governor, who was in tears, urged security
operatives to intensify aerial surveillance of
the area.
Gaidam added: “On our way from Maiduguri to
Damaturu this afternoon (Sunday), we saw a
trailer and bus that were burnt, with the
occupants slaughtered and their corpses
littering the highway.
“Government should rise up to its
responsibilities to save the lives and
properties of its citizens.”
The governor said that anyone travelling on
the Damaturu to Maiduguri highway was
taking a huge risk.
Deputy Governor Abubakar Aliyu, the Provost
of the College, Mulima Mato and other
dignitaries also shed tears at the mortuary
when they saw the bodies of the students.
More than a thousand students fled the
institution, military spokesman Capt. Lazarus
Eli said.
Yesterday’s attack was not the fist on a
school in Yobe. Schools in the state re-
opened only 13 days ago after 10 weeks of
forced closure following attacks.
Those attacks resulted in the death of 29
pupils and three teachers.
In June, seven pupils and two teachers were
killed at the Government Secondary School,
Damaturu.
In July, 22 pupils and two teachers were killed
at the Government Secondary School,
Mamudo.
Parents were seen in groups discussing the
fate of their children, in view of the serial
attacks on schools by suspected Boko Haram
militants who came disguised as soldiers, set
up checkpoints and fired on motorists and
bystanders.
A parent who requested anonymity told the
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that he and
others were scared of sending their children
and wards to school.
“We are shocked, saddened and scared of
sending our wards back to school with these
ugly incidents of attack on schools in
Damaturu, Mamudo and now, Gujba,” he said
A statement by the state government said 40
students were killed while four injured had
been transferred to Sani Abatcha Specialist
Hospital in Damaturu.
Gaidam said although there was increase in
troops movement and the deployment of more
military hardware in the Northeast, the people
of the state were yet to see the kind of action
that could effectively nip criminal and terrorist
activities in the bud.
He urged the people to pray for divine
intervention.
The statement by the Special Adviser on Press
Affairs and Information to the Governor,
Abdullahi Bego, said: “His Excellency Governor
Ibrahim Gaidam strongly condemns
Saturday’s attack on students of the State
College of Agriculture, Gujba. The governor
describes the attack as devastating, heinous
and barbaric.
“Forty students were killed by criminals and
terrorists while four others were injured during
the attack.
“On a visit Sunday to the injured who were
hospitalized at the Sani Abatcha Specialist
Hospital Damaturu, Governor Gaidam
commiserated with families of the victims and
prayed Almighty Allah (SWT) to make the
injured recover quickly.
“The governor also said the Yobe State
Government will foot the bill for medical
treatment for the injured.
“His Excellency Governor Gaidam calls on the
military and other law enforcement operatives
in the State to intensify surveillance and
patrols to deal more effectively with the
prevailing security challenges.
“The governor noted that although there is
increase in troop movement and the
deployment of more military hardware in the
northeast, people were yet to see the kind of
action on the ground that effectively nips
criminal and terrorist activities in the bud.
“The governor pledged to continue to support
security agencies in every way possible to
restore peace and security.
“He also called for regular aerial
reconnaissance and more intrusive patrols
along the Maiduguri-Damaturu-Potiskum
highway where many heinous attacks have
taken place in the recent past.
“His Excellency Governor Gaidam also called
on all residents of the state to continue to
pray for divine intervention for the resolution
of the security challenges that the state faces,
remain calm, go about their normal
businesses and cooperate and assist the
security agents working to protect life and
property.
“The governor urged residents to continue to
use the telephone numbers provided by the
military to report any suspicious persons or
movement in their neighbourhoods.”
No fewer than 143 people have been killed this
month in neighboring Borno State, which
along with Yobe and Adamawa states are
under a state of emergency declared by
President Goodluck Jonathan last May.
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40 helpless children were slaughtered for what reason?

R.I.p to the death students

achi4u: The worst thing that can ever happen to you as a human being is to leave in the Northern Nigeria.


40 helpless children were slaughtered for what reason?

R.I.p to the death students

And R.I.P. To English.

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And R.I.P. To English.

But I hope you got the message?

R I P to those kids, do you know what happened in yobe could happen any where in Nigeria, we are living in a country where the government has failed woefully, like f9 in school cause the primary objectives of any government is to protect the life and property of people, failing this alone make your government a failed cause, Rip

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