Another 94 school girls missing after Boko Haram attacked secondary school in Yobe - Parents

Parents and school authorities have revealed that at least 94 school girls from Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School at Dapchi town in Bursari local government area of Yobe state are missing after an all-girls school was attacked by Islamist militant group, Boko Haram.

The militants invaded the town on Monday and targeted the all-girls school after arriving the town around 7 pm with over 18  gun trucks. A community source told Saharareporters that at least four bodies of students were recovered from the bush in the nearby town of Kusur.

Although the raid happened on Monday, the school authorities and parents waited to do a head count of the students to be sure of the exact situation. According to residents of the community,  Boko Haram terrorists came into Dapchi town with trucks mounted with high caliber weapons shooting sporadically and later headed to the girls' hostels at the school where some 740 girls were resident. The sound from the sect’s militants explosives and gunshots alerted the students and their teachers who immediately scampered into nearby bushes for safety.