By Busari Kabirat
Unknown gunmen had on early Friday morning invaded Faudiya Islamic School in Geidam Local Government Area of Yobe State, killed three of their students.
In accordance with the Yobe State Police Command which confirmed the attack says, the attack occurred around 3:45 am.
One injured trying to escape student, stated that the attackers told them they intended to abduct them but decided to kill them instead to avoid the hassle of transporting them.
Dungus Abdulkarim, the Command’s spokesperson, had in a statement, disclosed that the gunmen arrived on motorcycles with dangerous weapons, invaded the school with the intention of abducting students but later decided to kill some students in order to avoid the burden of taking them into the forest and a student who attempted to escape, sustained injuries and was taken to the hospital for treatment.
Statement reads: “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 mobilized our men, and they went there and evacuated three dead persons and one with a bullet wound who was admitted to the hospital,” Abdulkarim told reporters.
“The attackers came on motorcycles, 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, killing three instantly and injured one person.”
The police were currently investigating the incident to identify the perpetrators and uncover the motive behind the attack, he added.
