The Yobe State government orders students to go home until they receive further directives.
The Yobe State Government has ordered boarding school students in the state to go home amidst fear of a Boko Haram attack.
The government asked students to vacate their hostels until they receive further directives.
The order, however, did not affect SS3 students.
When PREMIUM TIMES visited Government Girls Collage, Damaturu the students were seen moving out of the school. The school is also currently hosting Government Girls Collage, Buni Gari, which was relocated to Damaturu because of the activities of insurgents in the area.
Our reporter saw some students gathered on the premises of the school, some with their parents who had arrived to take them home.
The school was heavily guarded by security operatives last week with a military armored personnel carrier stationed at the entrance of the school over night.
The state’s ministry of education did not respond to enquiries made by our reporter on the development.
Some teachers who spoke to PREMIUM TIMES in confidence revealed a possible security threat to the schools.
“We only gathered that we should ask the students to go home because of security concerns. I am sure its not unconnected to the recent abductions in Niger State and Zamfara states,” the source revealed.
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