Mallam Saleh Ali, one of many dad and mom of the Faudiya Islamic college in Geidam, Yobe State, the place youngsters had been attacked and killed by suspected Boko Haram members, described the killings as barbaric and heartless.
Gunmen, suspected to be members of the Boko Haram insurgency group attacked the varsity within the early hours of Friday, killing three college students and injuring one.
The hoodlums, in line with the police, got here on motorbikes with AK-47 rifles, entered into the varsity and shot useless three, whereas one of many college students who received injured was taken to an undisclosed hospital the place he’s receiving therapy.
Whereas mourning the lack of his little one, Ali referred to as on the authorities, particularly the police and military, to take motion and convey the perpetrators to justice.
Recounting the tragic occasion, Ali advised Sunday PUNCH that the assault occurred whereas the youngsters had been asleep of their rooms.
In response to him, the gunmen forcibly introduced them out and shot three of them useless on the spot, injuring one who’s at present receiving therapy at Nguru Hospital.
Ali stated, “These youngsters usually go to high school each Thursday of the week and sleep within the college. The report of their killings was reported the subsequent day, Friday, by folks of their neighborhood.
“We don’t know the killers. When the police and Military visited us to condole with us over the unhappy incident, they didn’t inform us who the killers had been. After we heard the unhappy information, we had been critically terrified.
“The college belongs to us (members of the Islamic Motion of Nigeria or Shiites). The victims of the assault had been Ahmad AbdulRahman, Mohammed Saleh and Abdullahi Adamu.
“The fourth sufferer is Saleh Haruna who’s now receiving therapy at a hospital. He was shot within the leg.”
Mallam AbdulRahman, the daddy of late Ahmad, said that they (dad and mom) had entrusted the matter to God’s judgment, refusing to remark additional on the assault.
He criticised the federal government for failing to guard the lives and property of its residents, emphasising the pressing want for elevated safety measures to forestall additional mindless killings.
“They’ve left all the things within the arms of God. The Almighty will certainly decide over this assault on our kids.
The Headmaster of Faudiya Islamic College, Mallam Kolo Mohammed, lamented the unprecedented nature of the incident of their 30 years of operation, calling for divine justice and expressing shock on the mindless violence.
“We’ve got been working the varsity since 30 years. It’s unlucky {that a} scenario like that is occurring to us.
“We’re not combating anybody, we don’t have enemies. We’re peace loving folks. Why ought to this occur to us. God Almighty will decide over this incident, insha Allah.
“We’re not going to do something on this, the authorities; police and military, will know what to do on this matter. We’ve got left all the things within the arms of the Creator.
The District Head of Barko and consultant of the Emir of Geidam, Zannah Nur, condemned the assault on Faudiya Islamic college, describing it as barbaric.
Nur urged the state authorities to take a decisive motion to cease the continued lack of harmless lives.
“We’ve got visited the houses of the deceased college students to supply our condolences on behalf of the Geidam Emirate and the folks of Geidam.
“As leaders, we’ll proceed to have interaction with safety forces and the state authorities to halt these mindless killings of our folks,” he added.
Talking on the incident, the spokesperson for the Yobe State Police Command, Dungus Abdulkarim, stated, “The suspected terrorists attacked the Islamic college on 10 bikes with AK-47 rifles and shot sporadically at 4:00am (on Thursday).
“The college belongs to the Islamic Motion of Nigeria, also referred to as the Shiite.
“After we obtained a misery name, the police in Geidam rushed to the varsity and found that three college students had been killed with the injuring of each other.
“The injured scholar was taken to the Geidam Specialists Hospital for therapy.”
He confirmed that the scholars that had been killed had been Muhammadu Saleh, 22 years, Ahmed Abdulrahaman, 21, and Abdullahi Adamu, 21, whereas the hospitalised scholar is Sani Haruna, 25 years outdated.