Boko Haram gunmen on Sunday opened fire in the hostel of the School of Agriculture, Gujba, Yobe State, killing at least 40 students while asleep.
It was the latest blood-chilling violence in Nigeria’s north east state of Yobe. Gujba is about 30kms from Yobe’s capital of Damaturu.
Military spokesman Lazarus Eli told AFP: “Boko Haram terrorists…went into the school and opened fire on students while they were sleeping.”
An official at the Damaturu Specialist Hospital, who requested anonymity, said “40 bodies” had been received so far from the Gujba massacre.