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, northeast, Nigeria, over the
reported presence of insurgents in the area.
Ahmed Danladi, a civil servant in
the local government said that residents, including the students,
scampered for safety when they saw trucks and motorcycles carrying Boko Haram
fighters entering the town and shooting sporadically.
According to him, “For now, the
shooting has stopped, but we are still indoors as we speak. There is a
re-reinforcement of soldiers; may be by tomorrow (today) we will know the
extent of attack, but everybody is indoor now only the soldiers can be heard
moving in their trucks.”
A security source, who disclosed
that none of the girls was abducted, said the attack in Dapchi was not
unconnected with the fleeing Boko Haram fighters who were displaced by troops
in Sambisa forest.
According to him, there was a red
alert on Saturday that some terrorists in three vehicles were seen heading towards
Damaturu, and all check points were asked to be on alert.
“They were sighted moving towards
Mafa – Sasawa villages in Yobe state. Perhaps they may have taken another route
and appeared in Dapchi today or it could be another group since they are all in
disarray”, he added.
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