A NUMBER of students of Mussa Primary and Junior Secondary School in Askira-Uba Local Council of Borno State were feared to have been kidnapped when terrorists, said to be members of Boko Haram/ISWAP, stormed their school premises in the early hours of Friday, May 15.
Mussa is a remote village and shares a border with Sambisa Forest, a notorious terrorists hideout.
It was gathered that the terrorists invaded the school on motorcycles less than 15 minutes after troops left the community.
A resident, Solomon Mussa, in social media post, said: “Good morning, beloved. Please pray for the Mussa Boko Haram attack in Mussa village now. According to a report coming out from Mussa, school children were affected…”
The development has been confirmed by the Deputy Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Abdullahi Askira, who hails from the council, with further information and details expected at press time.
Askira stated: “Yes, I can confirm to you that some suspected terrorists, riding on motorcycles, invaded primary and junior secondary schools in Mussa village this morning.
“Information at my disposal was that many of the students fled into the bush, but I don’t have details of those abducted yet.
“It is also disheartening that the incident took place barely some few minutes after troops on patrol left the community.
“This signifies that the insurgents or attackers were spying on the movement of troops before they struck.”
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