Two letters written in pidgin English
suspected to be sent by the dreaded Boko Haram sect have been seen
inside the classroom and staff room of a school in Benue State with the
content of the letters a threat of impending kidnapping of school boys.
This is coming few weeks after fundamentalist Islamic sect kidnapped over 200 schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
The leader of the sect, Abubakar Shekau,
in a video after the kidnap asked for the release of Boko Haram
detainees in exchange for the school girls or he will marry them off. Continue...
On Saturday, the Principal of Government
College, Makurdi, Mr. Godfrey Ugudu, revealed that the school had
received letters from Boko Haram threatening to attack the school and
kidnap boys that will marry the chibok girls.
“It is true that we saw two letters
dated May 14th informing us of the intention of the sect to invade our
school on Friday or Monday by Boko Haram”, the Principal said.
The school principal added that in the letter, Boko Haram also threatened to arrest another nearby school.
“In the letter, we were asked to inform
the Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School opposite us to also get
prepared as they promised to invade the school too.
He said measures had been put in place
to ensure the safety of the school children, adding that he had informed
the Principal of Mount Saint Gabriel.
The principal commended the government and security operatives in the state for their prompt response to the issue.
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