Boko Haram: Jamb May Cancel Exams In Borno, Other Volatile States.

Boko Haram: JAMB may cancel exams in
Borno, other volatile states
The Registrar of the Joint Admissions and
Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Dibu
Ojerinde, has said there will be no Unified
Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) in
the volatile states in northern Nigeria.
Ojerinde made the announcement on Friday
in Abuja while speaking with reporters at
the 58th National Council on Education (NEC)
meeting.
According to him, JAMB will be forced to
cancel the examination if the Boko Haram
attacks on primary and secondary schools in
Borno State continue.
“When we reviewed the situation in volatile
states, for instance Borno, we realised that
some of the schools are being bombed, but
our investigations showed that only primary
schools are affected and not secondary
schools.
“The board will be left with no option than
to tell the candidates to go elsewhere to
write the exams if schools which serve as
centres are attacked.’’
The registrar regretted that the
development could be quite unfortunate for
the students.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls
that Boko Haram had on February 28
attacked four primary schools in Maiduguri,
setting the Gomari Costain Primary School
and a section of the Maiduguri Experimental
School, Kawanar on fire.
They also set ablaze Budum Kulo Gomna
Primiary Schools and Abba Ganaram Primary
School also in Maiduguri.
Meanwhile, three suspected Boko Haram
members died on Friday after an explosion
at a bomb factory in Kaleri, Maiduguri.
Col. Victor Ebhaleme, the Field Commander of
the Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation
Restore Order (ORO), told newsmen in
Maiduguri that the incident happened at
about 10.30 a.m.
He said residents of the area were attracted
by the big sound in a residential area at
Kaleri and they alerted the JTF.
“On arrival, our men discovered mutilated
bodies of three persons suspected to be
Boko Haram militants. Apparently, they died
while preparing the bombs.”
Ebhaleme added that several unexploded
Improvised Explosive Device (IED) were also
found in the house, which was completely
destroyed by the blast.
“Several bomb making apparatus were also
found in the house,’’ he said.