Security operatives, including the Army, Police and local Civilian Joint Task Force, have rescued seven of the unspecified number of students sitting for the National Examinations Council examinations at Lassa Day Secondary School who were abducted in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, on Monday.
PUNCH Online earlier reported that the terrorists attacked the school on Monday, using motorcycles, shooting sporadically before abducting students and women selling within the school premises.
Confirming the rescue operation exclusively to PUNCH Online, the Borno State Commissioner for Information and Internal Security, Usman Tar, said efforts were ongoing to rescue the remaining abductees.
“For now, seven of them have been rescued. We cannot confirm their gender yet. Assessment is still ongoing,” he said.
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