Suspected Boko Haram terrorists have set ablaze a block containing five classrooms and a staff office at Government Day Secondary School, Kautikari Village, in Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State.
Our correspondent gathered that the incident occurred around 6:45 p.m. on Saturday.
Confirming the incident exclusively to PUNCH Online on Sunday, the Education Secretary of Chibok Local Government Area, Malah Kyari, said the affected section of the school is the junior secondary school.
“I can confirm that the insurgents attacked the Kautikari community yesterday, killed one person, and set ablaze one block containing five classrooms and an office at Kautikari JSS,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Public Relations Officer of the Borno State Police Command, ASP Nahum Daso, also confirmed the incident, saying security forces repelled the attack.
He said, “They attacked Kautikari village, where they burnt two classrooms at Government Day Secondary School and killed one person, a man.
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