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Senator
I accept that this is not a story most here will care about, but perhaps they should:
Authorities in Nigeria say there was no security protection at an agricultural college where up to 50 students were shot dead as they slept on Sunday.
The students were killed by suspected Islamist gunmen in their dormitory in Yobe state, north-eastern Nigeria.
Official Abdullahi Bego told the BBC the government and military would work to increase protection in schools.
North-eastern Nigeria is under a state of emergency amid an Islamist insurgency by the Boko Haram group.
Boko Haram is fighting to overthrow Nigeria's government to create an Islamic state, and has launched a number of attacks on schools.
Schools 'to stay open'
BBC Hausa service editor Mansur Liman says there seems to be some complacency in the Nigerian military after their recent successes in driving militants out of many urban areas in the north-east.
However, the insurgents have previously seized army uniforms and vehicles, which they are able to use to infiltrate supposedly secure areas and carry out attacks, he says.
Abdullahi Bego, special advisor to the Yobe state government, told the BBC on Monday that no security forces had been operating in the area when the attack on the College of Agriculture took place.
He acknowledged that security forces are meant to undertake regular patrols of educational institutions.
He said schools in the area would not be closed because that is what the "terrorists" wanted.
Complete text: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24329821
It seems people getting an education is something this group views as a threat.
Authorities in Nigeria say there was no security protection at an agricultural college where up to 50 students were shot dead as they slept on Sunday.
The students were killed by suspected Islamist gunmen in their dormitory in Yobe state, north-eastern Nigeria.
Official Abdullahi Bego told the BBC the government and military would work to increase protection in schools.
North-eastern Nigeria is under a state of emergency amid an Islamist insurgency by the Boko Haram group.
Boko Haram is fighting to overthrow Nigeria's government to create an Islamic state, and has launched a number of attacks on schools.
Schools 'to stay open'
BBC Hausa service editor Mansur Liman says there seems to be some complacency in the Nigerian military after their recent successes in driving militants out of many urban areas in the north-east.
However, the insurgents have previously seized army uniforms and vehicles, which they are able to use to infiltrate supposedly secure areas and carry out attacks, he says.
Abdullahi Bego, special advisor to the Yobe state government, told the BBC on Monday that no security forces had been operating in the area when the attack on the College of Agriculture took place.
He acknowledged that security forces are meant to undertake regular patrols of educational institutions.
He said schools in the area would not be closed because that is what the "terrorists" wanted.
Complete text: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24329821
It seems people getting an education is something this group views as a threat.
