Thirty-four days after the
fundamentalist Islamic sect, Boko Haram, abducted over 200 schoolgirls
from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, it has threatened
to kidnap more pupils.
The United States of America, France,
Britain, Israel and....
Canada are among the foreign countries that have
pledged to help Nigeria find the schoolgirls that were kidnapped by Boko
Haram on April 14.
The pupils were kidnapped in the night
and their hostels were burnt. However, while Boko Haram transported them
in trucks to its Sambisa Forest stronghold, over 50 of the schoolgirls
escaped from the sect.
There have been reports that some of the
girls have been seen being moved out of Nigeria. Other reports have
said the girls were seen in the northern parts of the Central African
Republic where an Islamic militia, Seleka, holds sway.
Last week, the leader of the sect,
Abubakar Shekau, in a video asked for the release of Boko Haram
detainees in exchange for the pupils. The Federal Government turned down
the request.
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.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that Ugudu, who announced this at a news conference in Makurdi,
added that the school received two letters which had the same content on
May 14.
“It is true that we saw two letters
informing us of the intention of the sect to invade our school on Friday
or Monday by Boko Haram.
“The letters were dated May 14, 2014.
The sect stated that they were coming on either of the two days to
abduct our boys whom they would marry to the secondary school girls
abducted in Chibok.”
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.
“We immediately alerted the police and the commissioner for education. A report has been made to the governor on the issue.
“The two letters, which were written in
pidgin English, were sighted inside one of the classrooms and the second
one was slipped into the staff room,” he said.
The principal commended the government and security operatives in the state for their prompt response to the issue.
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.
NAN reports that about 500 out
of about 700 students of the college are living in the school while
Mount Saint Gabriel is purely a boarding school.
The Police Public Relations Officer in
the state, Dan Ezeala, confirmed the report adding that police were on
top of the situation.
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