Unknown gunmen have
launched a vicious attack on the College of Agriculture in Yobe
state, killing an unspecified number of students.Details of the attack are
still sketchy but the provost of the college, Mulima Mata, confirmed the
incident, which the News Agency of Nigeria said occurred early Sunday morning
in the Gujba district of the state. Reports say the
students were shot dead as they slept in their dormitory.
The Yobe state command of
the Nigeria police could however not be reached to confirm the
incident.
But the Agence
France-Presse news agency quoted a military spokesman in Yobe state, Lazarus
Eli, as saying the gunmen also set fire to classrooms.
Residents believe the
attack has the imprimatur of the extremist Boko Haram sect which has in the
past three years slaughtered thousands of innocent Nigerians in attacks on
schools, places of worship, media establishments and security installations.
Academic activities only
resumed last week in schools across Yobe state following 10 weeks of closure
after the brazen attack by members of the violent sect on two secondary
schools, which led to the death of 29 students and three teachers.
Culled from Premium Times
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