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The Yobe State Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, was on Thursday stoned by residents of Dapchi area of the state, where schoolgirls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents on Monday.
The schoolgirls said to have fled into surrounding bushes when the Boko Haram sect stormed the school, but as at Thursday many of them were yet to be found, leading to the conclusion they had been abducted.
On Wednesday, the State Commission of Police, Abdulmaliki Sumonu, out the number of girls yet to be account for at 111.
Aggrieved villagers therefore took out their frustration on Gaidam, as they stoned vehicles in his convoy.
Some of the governor’s aides were injured, leading to the use of tear gas to disperse the angry crowd.
No fewer than seven vehicles were destroyed in the convoy.
How it happened
“When Gaidam began speaking, we were calm. We followed all that he said with assurances that the situation was under control,” Abdullahi Dapchi, a resident of the town who said two of his sisters were among the captives, told TheCable.
“But we got suspicious when he began dribbling us. You know how these politicians are. He said we should cooperate with the government that they were doing their best. We asked him about the situation and he said none of the students had been rescued.
“At that point, some parents broke down in tears, some even collapsed and before you knew it, the atmosphere was chaotic.The governor had to be ferried away by his security operatives but the mob went after the vehicles in his convoy. The peace that we have been enjoying in this community was disrupted.”