A frame from a proof-of-life video of abducted Lassa students displayed during the Borno State Education Summit in Maiduguri on Saturday. Photo: Isah Ojo
The Borno State Government has confirmed receiving a proof-of-life video of students abducted from Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira/Uba Local Government Area.
The confirmation came on Saturday during the Borno State Education Summit in Maiduguri, where the Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Abba Wakilbe, played the 15-second video as part of a slide presentation.
The summit, themed ”Strengthening Safe, Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Education: Building Back Better,” was organised in partnership with the Malala Fund.
Wakilbe said the government was still working to secure the release of the students, who were abducted on June 29.
