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Full Details: 78 Student Killed Yesterday By Boko Haram In Yob
e College Of Agriculture
By: mr nad Date: September 30, 2013, 3:13 pm
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Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members yesterday went on
rampage in Gujba community, Yobe state where they opened fire on
the students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, at 3a.m. as
they slept in their hostels. They later moved to other houses,
where they killed residents at will. They also blocked the
Damaturu-Maiduguri road and killed travellers.
At the end of the attack, 78 persons lay dead, while several
others were still missing. According to members of the
community, soldiers arrived the scene two hours after the gunmen
had left.
The gunmen were said to be wearing military camouflage with
black bandanas round their heads. An official of Damaturu
Specialist Hospital, who requested anonymity, said ¡°immediately
after the attack, 40 bodies were brought to the morgue and all
are believed to have been students of the College of Agriculture
in Gujba.¡±
The number, however, increased as more bodies were recovered
from the bush. Military spokesman, Lazarus Eli told newsmen that
security forces were at the scene, but that details on the
number of dead and injured were not yet available. He added that
the early morning assault was targeted at the College of
Agriculture in Gujba, Yobe State.
¡°It was carried out by Boko Haram terrorists, who went into the
school and opened fire on students while they were sleeping,¡±
he added. A police source, who requested anonymity, said that
initial reports indicated the death toll could be higher, but he
was not prepared to discuss figures.
Provost of the College, Molima Idi Mato, said: ¡°They attacked
our students while they were sleeping in their hostels. They
opened fire at them.¡± He said he could not give an exact death
toll as security forces were still recovering bodies of students
mostly aged between 18 and 22.¡±
The school¡¯s surviving students have fled,¡± he added. One of
the surviving students, Idris, who would not give his first
name, said: ¡°They started gathering students into groups
outside, then they opened fire and killed one group and then
moved onto the next group and killed them.
¡°It was so terrible. They came with guns around 1a.m. and went
directly to the male hostel and opened fire on them¡± Ahmed
Gujunba, a taxi driver who lives by the college said: ¡°The
college is in the bush, so the other students were running
around helplessly as guns went off and some of them were shot
down.¡± Gujba is about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Damaturu,
the state capital.
Yobe has seen a series of brutal attacks targeting students in
recent months, all blamed on Boko Haram. By afternoon after the
attack, scores of travellers were also killed, by suspected
members of Boko Haram in YobeState. The militants were said to
have blocked Damaturu- Maiduguri Road, shooting
indiscriminately. An eyewitness, who was on his way to
Maiduguri, told the media that at least 20 persons were killed.
The witness said: ¡°The situation is terrible. They blocked our
way, and were spraying people with bullets. ¡°Some of us managed
to run into the bush. At least, 20 persons were shot dead in the
three buses before us.¡± NGF seeks end to attacks Meanwhile, the
Northern States Governors¡¯ Forum, yesterday, urged security
agencies to ¡°take urgent steps to halt the senseless killing of
defenceless citizens.¡±
Speaking through its chairman, Governor Babangida Aliyu of
NigerState, the forum in a statement by the governor¡¯s Chief
Press Secretary, Mr. Danladi Ndayebo, also called for an end to
¡°attacks on places of worship and educational facilities.¡± It
said: ¡°The forum is particularly alarmed that the shooting to
death of 38 students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba,
YobeState, followed the same pattern as the killing of 22
students and a teacher atGovernmentSecondary School, Mamudo, in
the same state last July.¡±
It called on security agencies to intensify efforts at
protecting the lives and property of citizens, and also ensure
that those behind the violence in the region, were apprehended
and brought to justice. Mark, Ndoma-Egba condemn massacre Senate
President, David Mark and Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, have
described the massacre of scores of students at the college by
gunmen as a dastardly act and unfortunate as it has a negative
impact on the future of Nigeria.
The Senate President and the Senate Leader in their separate
condolences commiserated with the people and government of
YobeState over the massacre Senator Mark said: ¡°Violence has
never produced any positive result neither has it any solution
to problems or grievances.
¡°If you have any grievances, the only way out is through
dialogue. Resorting to killing others can only add to the
problem and not solution. ¡°There are more than enough channels
of communication and ways of redressing misgivings.
¡°These killings, especially innocent citizens are not part of
our culture. They are truly alien to us. All right thinking
members of the society must rise up to end this carnage raging
our land.¡±
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