There was tension in Lassa community, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, on Tuesday as angry youths forced a state government delegation to leave after rejecting its sympathy visit over the abduction of students by suspected Boko Haram terrorists.
The delegation, led by the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Abba Wakilbe, had visited the community to sympathise with families of students abducted during Monday’s attack on Government Day Secondary School.
The atmosphere turned rowdy when the commissioner attempted to address residents at the school premises, with youths and relatives of the abducted students chanting, “We don’t want talk. Go and bring back our children.”
Efforts by the commissioner to calm the crowd were unsuccessful as the gathering became increasingly agitated, forcing him and members of the delegation to leave the community. Related News Borno school attack: 37 children still missing — Parents 79,323 killed, 34,773 civilians abducted in six years — Report NDLEA arms operatives with AK-47s to battle drug cartels
Some of the youths were chanting “Don’t play politics with our children.”
