- Aishatu Abdullahi, one of the schoolgirls who recently escaped Boko Haram attack says the terrorists abducted some school children
- It was reported that the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Burasari local government area of Yobe state was attacked by suspected Boko Haram terrorists on Monday, February 19
- 94 girls who are students of the school are said to be missing One of the schoolgirls that recently escaped Boko Haram attack on Dapchi town of Yobe state, Aishatu Abdullahi, says it was not all of the students that were so lucky, Premium Times reports.
Aishatu who claimed the terrorists came in three trucks said many of her classmates are still captured. She also claimed that those who escaped include their school principal, the vice principal and some other teachers.
She 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.”
Meanwhile,it had earlier reported that 94 students were still missing after suspected Boko Haram terrorists attacked a girls’ secondary school in Yobe state on Monday, February 19.
A source in the school quoted in the report said the number of missing students was established in the afternoon after a head count.
“After the roll call, 610 out the total number of 704 students have returned. We are still searching for the remaining 94 students,” he said.
Asked whether the students were abducted, he said: “We cannot say, because the insurgents went into the students’ hostel, and many of these students scaled the fence and escaped into the bushes. No one can tell if they are abducted or not."
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