The police has debunked a report that Boko Haram kidnapped 20 girls from school in Konduga Local Government in Borno State. This was corroborated by the management of the Government Girls Secondary school also in Konduga.
The police said the outcry from the public on the alleged development was strange, especially when no parents or school authorities have reported one single missing student.
The state police Commissioner, Lawan Tanko, said, “I still cannot figure out where this report is coming from that 20 girls were abducted by the Boko Haram insurgents during the attack on Konduga.
“I was in Konduga 24 hours after the incident with the state governor and we spent over four hours in the town inspecting the damages done, and at no point was I or the governor informed that 20 girls were abducted.”
The SSS however said the claims were true but the number of abducted students was unknown.
An aide to the schools’ principal said “Some people have come to ask the principal if any of the students were abducted during the Boko Haram attack on Konduga. I heard her saying none of the girls was abducted, but that the students were warned by the gunmen to stop going to school and get married.”
Leave a Reply