78 Student Killed Yesterday By Boko Haram In Yobe College Of Agriculture 29th September,2013.

Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram sect members yesterday went on rampage in Gujba community, Yobe state where they opened fire on the students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, at 3a.m. as they slept in their hostels. They later moved to other houses, where they killed residents at will. They also blocked the Damaturu-Maiduguri road and killed travellers. At the end of the attack, 78 persons lay dead, while several others were still missing. According to members of the community, soldiers arrived the scene two hours after the gunmen had left. The gunmen were said to be wearing military camouflage with black bandanas round their heads. An official of Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who requested anonymity, said “immediately after the attack, 40 bodies were brought to the morgue and all are believed to have been students of the College of Agriculture in Gujba.” The number, however, increased as more bodies were recovered from the bush. Military spokesman, Lazarus Eli told newsmen that security forces were at the scene, but that details on the number of dead and injured were not yet available. He added that the early morning assault was targeted at the College of Agriculture in Gujba, Yobe State. “It was carried out by Boko Haram terrorists, who went into the school and opened fire on students while they were sleeping,” he added. A police source, who requested anonymity, said that initial reports indicated the death toll could be higher, but he was not prepared to discuss figures. Provost of the College, Molima Idi Mato, said: “They attacked our students while they were sleeping in their hostels. They opened fire at them.” He said he could not give an exact death toll as security forces were still recovering bodies of students mostly aged between 18 and 22. ”The school’s surviving students have fled,” he added. One of the surviving students, Idris, who would not give his first name, said: “They started gathering students into groups outside, then they opened fire and killed one group and then moved onto the next group and killed them. “It was so terrible. They came with guns around 1a.m. and went directly to the male hostel and opened fire on them” Ahmed Gujunba, a taxi driver who lives by the college said: “The college is in the bush, so the other students were running around helplessly as guns went off and some of them were shot down.” Gujba is about 30 kilometres (18 miles) from Damaturu, the state capital. Yobe has seen a series of brutal attacks targeting students in recent months, all blamed on Boko Haram. By afternoon after the attack, scores of travellers were also killed, by suspected members of Boko Haram in YobeState. The militants were said to have blocked Damaturu-Maiduguri Road, shooting indiscriminately. An eyewitness, who was on his way to Maiduguri, told the media that at least 20 persons were killed. The witness said: “The situation is terrible. They blocked our way, and were spraying people with bullets. “Some of us managed to run into the bush. At least, 20 persons were shot dead in the three buses before us.” NGF seeks end to attacks Meanwhile, the Northern States Governors’ Forum, yesterday, urged security agencies to “take urgent steps to halt the senseless killing of defenceless citizens.” Speaking through its chairman, Governor Babangida Aliyu of NigerState, the forum in a statement by the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Danladi Ndayebo, also called for an end to “attacks on places of worship and educational facilities.” It said: “The forum is particularly alarmed that the shooting to death of 38 students of the College of Agriculture, Gujba, YobeState, followed the same pattern as the killing of 22 students and a teacher at GovernmentSecondary School, Mamudo, in the same state last July.” It called on security agencies to intensify efforts at protecting the lives and property of citizens, and also ensure that those behind the violence in the region, were apprehended and brought to justice. Mark, Ndoma-Egba condemn massacre Senate President, David Mark and Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, have described the massacre of scores of students at the college by gunmen as a dastardly act and unfortunate as it has a negative impact on the future of Nigeria. The Senate President and the Senate Leader in their separate condolences commiserated with the people and government of YobeState over the massacre Senator Mark said: “Violence has never produced any positive result neither has it any solution to problems or grievances. “If you have any grievances, the only way out is through dialogue. Resorting to killing others can only add to the problem and not solution. “There are more than enough channels of communication and ways of redressing misgivings. “These killings, especially innocent citizens are not part of our culture. They are truly alien to us. All right thinking members of the society must rise up to end this carnage raging our land.”

President Jonathan offers no plan to resolve ASUU crisis, says strike politicized.

President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday offered the clearest sign yet that his administration was in no haste to resolve the three-month-old strike by university lecturers, calling their demands “politicized” and urging the lecturers to return to work for the sake of the students. On his fifth presidential media chat on the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA, the president said the nation’s bitter politics had crept into the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, and was responsible for the refusal of the lecturers to suspend their action despite the government’s effort. “In the past, they did not go this far when strikes were called off; but now politics has gone into everything,” the president said. He did not elaborate when pressed further by a five-member interview panel on his claim about ASUU demands being politicized. Mr. Jonathan said his administration had made concessions for the strike to be resolved, and has demonstrated remarkable commitment to addressing the massive infrastructure in the universities, one of the key demands ASUU has made. He said the lecturers have refused to accept the government’s explanations that broad range reforms cannot be achieved instantly. “ASUU strike is very very unfortunate,” Mr Jonathan, himself a former lecturer, said. He said crisis in education, in developing countries would always continue. The president said the biggest indication to his government’s commitment to such reforms was the decision to catalogue the perennial rot afflicting all the universities. “Throughout this time, no government has taken inventory of all the problems in federal and state universities,” the president said. “We said this must change. But it cannot change overnight. So for ASUU to go on strike over infrastructure, they need to understand that we are serious about intervening starting with N100 billion.” The president’s remarks on the strike was his first since lecturers downed tools in June, asking for improved pay and better funding for universities. They vowed not to resume until the government fully implements the last agreement both sides reached in 2009. The lecturers have vowed not to accept partial implementation of the agreement, with multiple intervention by the Senate and the House of Representatives stalemated. The government said the challenges of improved funding requires more time, and claims it has made concessions by providing initial funding. As the negotiations deadlock, millions of students have remained stranded at home with each claim of quick resolution to the crisis turning out unrealistic. Mr Jonathan’s comments on Sunday provided the strongest indication yet, that, save a change in decision, students will remain at home longer as the crisis stretches without a resolution. Asked specifically what the way forward would be for the strike, the president said he was calling on the lecturers to resume work for the sake of the Nigerian children and to realize that the government was committed to improving education. He said the 2009 agreement which ASUU has harped upon, was negotiated by officials incapable for such a responsibility as the agreement was “not implementable”. “Even if we have all the money in the world we cannot change things overnight,” he said. “The members of ASUU are our brothers and sisters, they should look at these young people and look at the commitment of govt.”

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