The Principal of Government College, Makurdi, Mr Godfrey Ugudu, on
Saturday said the school had received a letter from the Boko Haram
sect threatening to attack the school.
Ugudu, who announced this at a news conference in Makurdi on Saturday,
added that the school received two letters which had the same content
on May 14.
"It is true that we saw two letters informing us of the intention of
the sect to invade our school on Friday or Monday. The letters were
dated May 14, 2014, stating that they were coming either of the two
days to abduct our boys whom they would marry to the secondary school
girls abducted in Chibok. In the letter, we were asked to inform the
Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School opposite us to also get prepared
as they promised to invade the place too.''
According to him, "We immediately alerted the police and the
Commissioner for Education. A report has been made to the Governor on
the issue. One of the two copies of the letter, written in pidgin
English, was sighted inside one of the classrooms and the second one
was slipped into the staff room'', he said.
The principal commended the government and security operatives in the
state for their prompt response to the issue.
He said that everything had been done to ensure the safety of the
school children, adding that he had informed the Principal of Mount
Saint Gabriel.
About 500 out of about 700 students of the college are living in the
school while Mount Saint Gabriel is a purely boarding school.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Dan Ezeala,
confirmed the report and assured that the police were on top of the
situation.
( www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/boko-haram-plans-abduct-boys-marry-abducted-girls/
)
Saturday said the school had received a letter from the Boko Haram
sect threatening to attack the school.
Ugudu, who announced this at a news conference in Makurdi on Saturday,
added that the school received two letters which had the same content
on May 14.
"It is true that we saw two letters informing us of the intention of
the sect to invade our school on Friday or Monday. The letters were
dated May 14, 2014, stating that they were coming either of the two
days to abduct our boys whom they would marry to the secondary school
girls abducted in Chibok. In the letter, we were asked to inform the
Mount Saint Gabriel Secondary School opposite us to also get prepared
as they promised to invade the place too.''
According to him, "We immediately alerted the police and the
Commissioner for Education. A report has been made to the Governor on
the issue. One of the two copies of the letter, written in pidgin
English, was sighted inside one of the classrooms and the second one
was slipped into the staff room'', he said.
The principal commended the government and security operatives in the
state for their prompt response to the issue.
He said that everything had been done to ensure the safety of the
school children, adding that he had informed the Principal of Mount
Saint Gabriel.
About 500 out of about 700 students of the college are living in the
school while Mount Saint Gabriel is a purely boarding school.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Dan Ezeala,
confirmed the report and assured that the police were on top of the
situation.
( www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/boko-haram-plans-abduct-boys-marry-abducted-girls/
)
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