According to a report by Punch Newspaper on Monday, June 29, 2026, Paul Namaske, Vice Principal of Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, has recounted how terrorists attacked the school on Monday and explained the sequence of events that eventually led to the rescue of more than 20 abducted victims by the Nigerian Army.
He shared details of the incident in a one-minute and 20-second video obtained by our correspondent on Monday, describing the ordeal experienced by staff and students during the attack.
Namaske disclosed that the attackers stormed the school while candidates were writing the National Examinations Council examinations.
According to him, the assailants abducted two teachers and more than 20 students, causing panic among those present at the examination centre.
The attack disrupted the ongoing examination as the victims were forced away by the insurgents.
The vice principal explained that although he could not immediately provide the exact number of those taken captive, he was able to make an estimate after the abductors gathered the victims together at one location during their movement.
He said this gave him an opportunity to roughly determine how many students and staff members had been seized.
He further stated that the victims remained together for part of the journey, allowing him to identify both teachers and students among those abducted.
While the exact figure could not be confirmed at the time, he maintained that the number of students exceeded 20, in addition to the two members of staff who were also held captive.
Namaske said the Nigerian Army later carried out a rescue operation that resulted in the release of the abducted victims.
The intervention brought an end to the ordeal of the teachers and students who had been taken away during the attack on the school in Lassa.
The incident occurred in Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, where Government Day Secondary School, Lassa, was targeted while students were sitting for the National Examinations Council examinations.
The attack added to security concerns in the area, particularly as it involved candidates writing a national examination and members of the school’s teaching staff.
He said, “We are two teachers and about 20-something students. I cannot give the precise number, but at one point during the movement, when they (the insurgents) gathered us in one place, I was able to make a rough estimate. They were about 20 students and two teachers.”