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From Timothy Olanrewaju, Maiduguri
Boko Haram has abducted a yet to be ascertained number of students from two schools in a remote community in Borno State.
According to some residents in the villages around the area, early on Friday, a gang of armed men believed to be Boko Haram fighters, numbering about 30, rode on motorcycles to Mussa, a remote community near Sambisa forest, a known terrorists’ enclave.
“They came in a large number of about 30 motorcycles and rode to the primary and junior secondary school in our community shooting to scare people away,” John Musa, who hails from the town but lives in Maiduguri, told Saturday Sun.
He said his brother called him at noon, recounting their ordeal. He regretted that he could, however, not return the call as the area frequently experienced poor telephone services.
Some sources claimed the terrorists might have headed toward Sambisa forest with the abductedW children. However, this could not be verified from the community members at press time.
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The actual number of the student’s and pupils kidnapped still remains unknown.
Mussa, located in Askira-Uba Local Government Area in the southern part of Borno has experienced several attacks by insurgents/terrorists since 2014.
A House of Representatives member from the area, Hon. Midala Balami (Askira-Uba/Hawul Federal Constituency) in a statement, described the incident as heartbreaking.
“I strongly condemn the unfortunate attack carried out by suspected Boko Haram insurgents on the primary and junior secondary school in Mussa Community, Askira-Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.
“It is heartbreaking that innocent school children and residents continue to suffer under the threat of terrorism and violence in our communities,” he declared.
He said frequent terrorist attacks on Mussa community have become deeply alarming and unacceptable. He appealed to the federal government to help the people of the area.
