Bandits kill teacher, abduct  candidates writing NECO exam in Borno

Gunmen believed to beryllium bandits person abducted an unspecified fig of students from the Government Day Secondary School successful Lassa town, located successful the Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State.

The criminals attacked the assemblage on Monday morning portion the students were penning the Senior School Certificate Examination, SSCE, organized by the National Examinations Council, NECO.

One teacher was changeable dormant during the incidental and different sustained injuries.

Residents who confirmed the improvement to journalists alleged that Nigerian subject troops stationed successful the country had near connected a patrol to Uba, a adjacent astir 16 kilometers away, conscionable earlier the bandits struck.

“The soldiers were not astir erstwhile the terrorists invaded. They came successful ample numbers, firing sporadically and causing panic everywhere.

“They took distant students penning NECO and their teachers,” 1 of the residents said.

Spokesperson of the Borno State Police Command, Nahum Daso, confirmed the incidental and acknowledged that respective students are inactive missing pursuing the raid.

Bandits termination teacher, abduct  candidates penning NECO exam successful Borno