The Nigerian army has said that some of the schoolgirls missing after a militant attack on a girls’ boarding school in the Yobe state of Nigeria have been rescued.
On Monday members of the group stormed the Government Girls Science Secondary School in Dapchi with locals initially saying that the girls and their teachers fled the attack.
About 100 children of the girls were believed to be missing after they were reported to have been taken away in trucks.
Reuters quoted some parents and a government official as saying that 76 girls had been rescued and at least 13 were still missing
Two girls were however found dead, according to Reuters.
Earlier A resident, Abubakar Shehu told AFP that “Our girls have been missing for two days and we don’t know their whereabouts”.
“Although we were told they had run to some villages, we have been to all these villages mentioned without any luck. We are beginning to harbour fears the worst might have happened. We have the fear that we are dealing with another Chibok scenario,” the resident whose niece is reported missing.
Over 50 parents have visited the school demanding information about their children. School officials have said that there were 710 students at the boarding school run by the state.
Boko Haram has in the past abducted school girls from Chibok which received worldwide condemnation and campaigns for their release. Some of the over 200 Chibok girls kidnapped have been release and rescued.
Source: Africafeeds.com
