Following Sunday’s Boko Haram attack on Babangida town in Tarmuwa Local Government Area of Yobe State, the authority of Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi has closed down the school.

Babangida is about 50km from Dapchi.

A source from the school told our correspondent that the decision was taken by the leadership of the Parent-Teacher Association (PTA) to protect the pupils from Boko Haram attack.

Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi is the school where over 100 pupils were abducted on February 19, 2018 along with Leah Sharibu, who is still in Boko Haram captivity.

The Chairman of Abducted Dapchi School Girls’ Parents, Alhaji Bashir Manzo, confirmed that the PTA, in conjunction with the parents of the abducted Dapchi School Girls and the management of the school, took the decision to avert the looming danger of attack on the school.

He said on two occasions after the resumption this term, the JTF commander in Dapchi instructed that the pupils should be evacuated from their hostels due to intelligence reports that some Boko Haram elements were sighted at Sasawa, close to the town. (The Nation)