The Borno State Government on Saturday confirmed it has received a proof-of-life video of students abducted from Government Day Secondary School in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area.
Abba Wakilbe, Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, played the 15-second video during a slide presentation at the Borno State Education Summit in Maiduguri.
The summit, themed “Strengthening Safe, Inclusive and Gender-Responsive Education: Building Back Better,” was held in partnership with the Malala Fund.
The students were kidnapped on June 29. Wakilbe stated that the government is actively working to secure their release.
“Since the Chibok abduction, we have not had such an issue. Not until recently did we have the issue in Mussa and subsequently in Lassa,” he said. “From the Lassa abduction, we have 36 in captivity. Out of the 36, there are 25 girls and 11 boys.”
He noted that authorities still have no information on students abducted earlier from the Mussa community.
The commissioner described
