At least 37 children are still reported missing following an attack on Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira Uba local government area of Borno state on Monday, according to data.
BusinessDay had reported that the terrorists attacked the school around 9am on Monday when candidates were writing the National Examination Council of Nigeria examination, killing two teachers and abducting an unspecified number of students.
In an interview with our correspondent on Tuesday, parents of the abducted children said the government has opened a register for them to report missing persons.
Ibrahim Yohanna, whose 16-year-old daughter was abducted, confirmed that 37 names have been registered so far.
He said, “Parents who could not find their children were invited to come and register. I discovered that 37 names have been registered so far to be missing”, he stated.
