195 Students Escape Death As Gunmen Raze Staff Residence At Girls’ School
Unknown gunmen in northern Nigeria on Sunday according to AFP report has set a staff residential building at a Girls’ secondary school in Yana town of Bauchi on fire but the 195 students sleeping in nearby dormitories were unharmed.
In the report, Bauchi State police command spokesman, Haruna Mohammed at about 2:30 am (0130 GMT), unknown gunmen carried out coordinated attacks in Yana town.
“several buildings including a staff quarters of a girls’ secondary school, an eight-block police quarters, a sharia (Islamic law) court and the local government secretariat,” Mohammed said, adding, it was not clear who carried out the attack.
A teacher at the school who requested anonymity said the attackers appeared to have deliberately avoided the student residential buildings.
“The gunmen only attacked the teachers’ quarters but did not go near
the girls’ hostels.
“We have 195 students staying at the hostels who are writing their
(end-of-term) exams, but none of them were affected.
“It is a great relief, considering what happened in Chibok.”