Two days after gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram members struck
in early hour and killed dozens students of Federal Government College Buni
Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State, Unknown gunmen on Wednesday night raided three villages in Madagali and
Michika local governments in Adamawa State, residents and officials have said.
According to the chairman of
Madagali Local Government, Maina Ularamu, who spoke with PREMIUM TIMES over the
telephone, the attackers, suspected to be members of the extremist Boko Haram
sect, first attacked Kirchiga Village before proceeding to Shuwa town both in
Madagali Local Government Area.
“They came to Kirchiga at a
little after 8p.m and opened fire sporadically at the people,” he said.
He however could not confirm
any casualty figure as at midnight
on Thursday.
Mr. Ularamu added that the
gunmen also attacked neighbouring
Shuwa town, adding that the sounds of gunfire could still be heard in the town
as at the time we spoke to him.
Also, a resident of Michika
town, who declined to be named for security reasons, told PREMIUM TIMES that he
could hear gunshots in the town.
He reported intermittent
sounds of gunshots and said most people in the town had run home for safety.
The spokesperson of the
Nigerian Army in Yola, Nuhu Jafaru, could not be reached to comment for this
story. Calls to him were unsuccessful as his telephone line failed to connect.
Yobe state Police Commissioner, Sanusi A Rufai confirmed
that twenty nine male students were killed and twenty four structures that
include the Administration block, students hostel and staff quarters were burnt
down.
A resident in the area said he has counted 39 lifeless
bodies within the premises. "The attackers started the operation around
12:15 unperturbed until after 4 am, the students were slaughtered and fired
with guns.
I counted 39 copses" he said. Daily trust gathered
that the
It would be recalled that assailants stormed the school
premises two days ago in 6 Hilux pick up vans and motorcycles and
separated only the male students before they opened fire on them. "It was
too horrible because, some of the students were slaughtered, some were burnt
inside the hostel”, a source said.
Many school structures were burnt down along with the
occupants including the staff quarters residents in Gujba.
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