Secondary School Students Killed In Fresh Attack In Yobe

Gunmen suspected to be members of the
Boko Haram sect have attacked and killed
some students of the Federal Government
College Buni-Yadi in Yobe State north-
east Nigeria.
Witnesses said the students were attacked
in their hostels at night and slain by the
hoodlums instead of the usual gun to
avoid the attention of security men within
town.
The Federal Government College Buni Yadi
is a co-educational institution located
some 55 kilometres south of Damaturu
the Yobe State capital.
The spokesman of the 3 Special Operation
Battalion, Damaturu, Capt Eli Lazarus,
who confirmed the assault on the
innocent students said the casualty figure
is yet to be confirmed because of the
destruction of telecom masts in Buni-
Yadi by the sect.
However, the Hausa Service of the British
Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is
reporting that about 29 students were
slain during the attack while an unknown
number burnt to ashes.
The service also reports that the
perpetrators of the attack burnt down the
school.
Buni Yadi is the capital of Gujba Local
Government Area of the state.
Today’s attack is the fourth recorded on
schools in Yobe since the commencement
of the insurgency as GSS Damaturu, GSS
Mamudo and College of Agriculture,
Gujba were attacked last year.