Nigeria, June 30 -- At least 35 students are still missing after gunmen attacked a secondary school in Lassa, Askira/Uba Local Government Area of Borno State, on Monday, despite ongoing rescue operations by security forces, the councillor representing Lassa Ward, Jagila Jabila, has told PREMIUM TIMES.

The attack occurred as students were preparing to sit the ongoing National Examinations Council (NECO) examinations, triggering panic in the community and a search-and-rescue operation involving troops of Operation HADIN KAI, local vigilantes and the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF).

Speaking to PREMIUM TIMES on Tuesday, Ms Jabila dismissed social media reports claiming that all abducted students had been rescued.

"It is not true," she sa...