Yobe State Government has ordered indefinite closure of all boarding schools across the 17 local areas of the state.
Though the reason for the closure was not made public by the government, the decision might be unconnected with the recent abductions of students in Zamfara and Niger States.
The directive to shut schools reportedly reached officials and parents earlier in the day.
According to him, parents with support from security operatives came earlier in the morning and evacuated students from Government Girls Unity College, Damaturu.
An official said the directive would not affect SSS 3 students.
The state commissioner for Basic and Secondary education, Dr Sani Idriss, could not be reached for comment.
Niger, Zamfara and Kano are some of the states that had so far shut boarding schools in the wake of bandits’ attacks on them.
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