Some government schools in Abuja, following the threat of terrorists to attack the Federal Government Colleges (FGCs) in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), made their students to write up to 13 papers in a day in order to shut down schools.
The federal ministry of education, had, on Wednesday afternoon, July 27, 2022, ordered the closure of all private schools in the nation’s capital due to the recent attacks of terrorists’ on the capital city.
Residents of Abuja have been living in fear since the invasion of Kuje correctional centre by terrorists, suspected to be Boko Haram members, on Tuesday, July 5, 2022.
It was gathered that over 600 inmates, including all Boko Haram members in detention were released during the attack.
There have been several leaked memos of intelligence agencies on the plots to attack the nation’s capital, however, the ambush of troops attached to the presidential guards brigade, on Sunday, July 24, heightened the worry of Abuja residents.
It was earlier reported that a captain and two soldiers were killed by terrorists in the Bwari area of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja, on Sunday night, July 24.
A student of Kubwa model junior secondary school, Abuja, lamented how their teachers made them write 13 subjects on Tuesday, July 26.
“We went to the school with preparation to write only one or two papers, but our teachers made us write 13 subjects in a single day,” he said.
The student added that some of them were traumatised as they were scared of possible terrorists attack on the school.
Another student in Dutse-Makaranta, Abuja, who was taken back home by her parents on Tuesday, July 26, said they spent part of the previous night to write examinations.
“The school management summoned us back to classrooms around 9 pm on Monday, and made us to write two subjects,” she lamented.
She further noted that they students sat for more papers just as their parents were waiting for them within the school’s premises.
One of the school teachers, who confirmed this, stated that the students were only made to answer questions in section A of the exam paper, which has objectives, while they were not allowed to attempt any question in section B, the essay part.
