How Boko Haram deceived us with military uniforms - Dapchi schoolgirls narrate ordeal

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- Some students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, say the insurgents that attacked their school drove three canter trucks, painted in army colour

- UN expresses outrage over abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls

Some students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, who survived the Boko Haram attack on their school have narrated their lucky escape from the terrorists.

Yagana Mustapha, a 14-year-old student of SS2, told The cable in a report published on Wednesday, February 28, that she was one of the girls at the mosque when the terrorists stormed their school.

She said the insurgents told the fleeing students that they were soldiers who had come to help them.

“We ran to the gate. Then they (Boko Haram) lied saying Boko Haram is attacking the village. ‘Come, Come, I want to help you,” she said.

Another 14-year-old student of SS2, Ajara Lawal, said the terrorists not only wore military uniforms but also drove three canter trucks, painted in army colour and parked outside the school gate.

“They were wearing soldier’s uniform and they said ‘Come, come, we are here to rescue you’. I even stepped my leg into the car, but my elder sister called and said don’t you see that there is Allahu Akbar is written on their car, that was how I ran out," Ajara said.

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"They deceived us. They came with three vans in army colours and they had army uniform, but they didn’t have army boots, that is how some of us identified them – through the slippers and their military trouser which did not reach the ground — three-quarter length.”

Meanwhile, the UN has expressed outrage at the abduction of 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.

The secretary-general, Antonio Guterres, said in a statement by his spokesperson, Stephane Dujarric that he strongly condemns the abduction and attack, The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

Guterres said he was gravely concerned over the situation of the schoolgirls’ abducted during an attack on their educational institution in Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19.

The secretary-general called for the immediate and unconditional release of all missing girls and for their safe return to their families.

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