Boko Haram Strikes Yobe Islamic School, Executes Three Students in Their Sleep

Suspected Boko Haram terrorists launched a fresh attack yesterday in Yobe State, targeting an Islamic school boarding facility.

They dragged out three students from their beds and shot them dead, leaving one other student wounded.

Meanwhile, in a separate encounter, soldiers killed nine suspected terrorists in Kampani Doka and Rifigoro communities in Kaduna State’s Birnin Gwari Local Government Area.

The attack in Yobe occurred at Faudiya School in Geidam Local Government Area, approximately 180 kilometers from the state capital, Damaturu. The school is owned by the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), a Shiia sect.

The victims were identified as Muhammadu Saleh (22), Ahmed Abdulrahman (21), and Abdullahi Adamu (21). Sani Haruna (25), who was wounded, is currently receiving medical treatment.

Confirming the attack, the state police spokesman, Deputy Superintendent of Police Dungus Abdulkarim, said: “It is confirmed; the divisional police headquarters at Geidam received the report this morning by a certain individual that there was an attack on a particular school.”

“We mobilised our men, and they went there and evacuated three dead persons and one with a bullet wound and was admitted to the hospital. The attackers came on a motorcycle, about 10 of them, carrying deadly arms such as AK-47 rifles and other items. They entered the school and took four of the students and killed three instantly and injured one person.”

Abdulkarim further added: “The information we received from one of the injured persons was that the attackers invaded and told them they were there to abduct them to the forest and kill them, but they did not want to carry any load; in that regard, ‘we will just kill you here’… We are still investigating to find out the perpetrators and why the attack on the school. The attack occurred at exactly 3:45 to 4:00 am today. The school is a day and boarding school. There is a quarter in the school.”