, a town in Yobe State and abducted over 100 pupils from Government Girls Science and Technical College, Amina Yusuf , still hears the insurgents screaming Allahu Akbar, Arabic for"God is great" as they shot sporadically into the air, as if it is happening at the moment.
Boko Haram opposes Western education, which is why schools like the one in Chibok, Dapchi and Buni Yadi in Nigeria's North-east region were brutally attacked. The terrorists also attacked places of worship, markets, government buildings, offices of security agencies, motor parks and other places.The attack happens around dusk. Ms Yusuf recalled that some of the pupils were about to break a voluntary fast and were waiting for the Muazin to call the evening prayer before their fast was broken.
With little or no option, the terrified pupils hopped into the truck. Ms Yusuf said she knew they were not soldiers the moment she jumped into the truck. She was one of those who jumped into the truck voluntarily while others hesitated. Those who hesitated, the terrorists grabbed and threw into the truck.
But she didn't eat anything given to them because she remembered hearing that after the Chibok abduction, the pupils who ate the meal offered by their abductors never returned. She said they were driven to a hideout close to Lake Chad. In the morning, after travelling the whole night, the insurgents stopped and told the pupils they were in Niger Republic. They prayed and ordered the pupils to gather in one place. Ms Yusuf thought they were going to be massacred but instead, the five dead bodies were brought forward.
"We crossed the river and spent the night in a deserted community. There were not many houses but I think it was one of their towns. In the morning, we prayed and continued the journey but this time around we used canoes," she said.
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