Secondary Schools in Yobe shut down after attack

The Yobe State governor Ibrahim Gaidam has visited Government Secondary School, Mamudo 24 hours after unknown gunmen attacked the school, killing 29 students and one teacher.

Reports say the hoodlums assembled the students before shooting at them from different directions as the students attempted to flee to safety.

Governor Gaidam, who was visibly touched by the killings, described it as inhumane and noted that God would expose the perpetrators and sponsors of the dastardly act.

He called on the security forces to change their modus operandi in checking the activities of the dreaded Islamists to end the ceaseless attacks in the state and the north-east zone as a whole.
He also called on the Chief of Defence Staff and the security forces to, as a matter of urgency, consider the restoration of GSM services in the three states under a state of emergency as residents are finding it difficult to report perpetrators to relevant authorities like the Joint Task Force (JTF).

He said in the two separate attacks on schools in the state, it was reported that residents saw the hoodlums at suburbs of Damaturu, the state capital but JTF could not be reached due to the absence of GSM services.

The shutdown on GSM services was part of measures aimed at curtailing the insurgency in the three states – BornoN Adamawa and Yobe.

Gaidam also revealed that boarding schools in the state will be fenced and that the JTF would provide the needed security across all schools in the state.

The governor also directed that all secondary schools in the state be closed down from Monday, July 8 until a new academic session begins in September.

A statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Information, Abdullahi Bego was released shortly after the Governor's visit to Mamudo. It read that "the measure is to allow government in collaboration with the Military Task Force and community leaders to evaluate and evoke better and additional strategies that would ensure the safety and security of students and their teachers."

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