Yobe Closes All Secondary Schools Over Boko Haram Killing Of 30 Students

Following Saturday's killing of about 30 students and a teacher of the
Government Secondary School, Mamudo, the Yobe State government has
shut down all secondary schools in the area.
Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, worried that more students may be attached,
gave the order for all the students to besent home to allow for review
of school security throughoutthe State.
The governor, according to a military source, has also appealed for
the restoration of mobile phone use to enablecitizens to alert
security agencies of emergency situations.
The Joint Task Force and other security operatives have arrived in the
State, SaharaReporters also learnt, and are planning on how to contain
Boko Haram's new tactics in the state.
Yobe is one of Nigeria's three States currently under emergency
conditions as a result of the violent activities ofthe Boko Haram
sect. Members of the public are now questioning the quality of the
work being done by the military under the emergency following the
sect's brutal attack on GSS Mamudo yesterday.