Suspected Boko Haram insurgents on Tuesday abducted no fewer than 100 girls at the Senior Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, following a violent attack in the town.<\/p>\n
But the BBC quoted parents to have told it\u2019s Hausa service that at least 200 girls were abducted.<\/p>\n
Eyewitnesses said the girls who were in school preparing for their Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination were abducted at about 3.00am.<\/p>\n
Mr Joseph Walama, a resident, said the attackers numbering about 50, stormed the town in a convoy of Toyota Hilux vehicles before unleashing terror on residents.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey arrived in the town at about 10.00pm in a convoy of no fewer than seven Hilux vehicles and took control of the town and set fire on residential and public buildings,\u201d Walama said.<\/p>\n
He said some of the attackers engaged in mass looting of food items, while others harassed residents at will.<\/p>\n
\u201cThen suddenly they headed for the Senior Secondary School, Chibok, which is a WAEC examination centre.<\/p>\n
\u201cSome of the teachers and students took to their heels on sighting them, but they eventually abducted those who remained in the hostel.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey packed food items and the students into an abandoned lorry before heading for the Sambisa forest,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The Borno Commissioner of Police, Alhaji Lawal Tanko, confirmed the attack, but said he did not have details of the incident.<\/p>\n
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