Some armed members of Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists are feared to have attacked the school premises of Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State in the early hours of today and abducted an unspecified number of pupils.
Mussa is an isolated town bordering Sambisa Forest, a hideout and enclave of terrorists, Vanguard reported.
Sources said the insurgents rushed the school on motorcycles within 10 or 15 minutes after forces departed the community.
Mr Solomon Mussa wrote on a social media site: “Good morning, beloved. Please pray. Boko Haram attack in Mussa village now Mussa. “School children affected, according to a report coming out from Mussa…”
However, the Deputy Speaker of the Borno State House of Assembly, Rt Hon. Abdullahi Askira, who also hails from Askira-Uba Local Government Area, confirmed the school invasion by terrorists on Friday even as he said information are still fuzzy at press time.
“Yes I can confirm to you that some suspected terrorists who were on motorcycles invaded primary and junior secondary schools in Mussa village this morning.
“I have information that many of the students ran into the bush but I don’t have details of those abducted yet.
“It is also disheartening that the incident occurred just few minutes after troops on patrol left the community; this signifies that the insurgents or the attackers were spying on the movement of troops before they struck,” the Deputy Speaker stated.
But he vowed to provide more data if the situation develops.
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