Documents obtained by SaharaReporters from the school show that the missing students comprise 25 female and 11 male candidates who were writing the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination when the terrorists stormed the school.
The identities of the students abducted by suspected Boko Haram terrorists during Monday's attack on Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, have emerged, as school authorities confirmed that 36 candidates remain in captivity.
Documents obtained by SaharaReporters from the school show that the missing students comprise 25 female and 11 male candidates who were writing the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) Senior School Certificate Examination when the terrorists stormed the school.
The development provides the first comprehensive account of those still unaccounted for following the brazen attack that once again exposed the vulnerability of schools in Nigeria's insurgency-ravaged North-East.
The list indicates that although security forces mounted a rescue operation shortly after the attack, only seven abductees have so far regained their freedom.
