FG affirms 110 Dapchi schoolgirls missing

The Federal Government has affirmed that 110 understudies of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after extremists accepted to be from a group of Boko Haram attacked their school on 19 Feb.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, reported the figure after a gathering in Damaturu between a Federal Government Delegation and agents of Yobe state government, the school, the guardians, security organizations and Bursari neighborhood government, where Dapchi is arranged.

He stated, in view of the briefings from the Principal of the College, Hajia Adama Abdulkarim, and the state Commissioner for Education, Mohammed Lami, 110 out of 906 understudies, have not been accounted

for. Every one of the understudies were in the school upon the arrival of the assault

Lt. Gen Danbazau in Damaturu

Alhaji Mohammed additionally reported that the Federal Government has coordinated the police and common protection experts in Yobe State to instantly convey their work force to every one of the schools in the state keeping in mind the end goal to guarantee the security and wellbeing of the understudies and their staff members.

The Minister unveiled that the Federal Government has ventured up endeavors to protect the young ladies and return them securely to their folks, saying the security offices are taking a shot at numerous leads with respect to the

whereabouts of the young ladies.

"This is the second time in four days that a Federal Government appointment would visit Yobe State since the terrible episode. This is a measure of the earnestness with which we are tending to the issue. The security powers are investigating every possibility in their look for the young ladies.

"We are back here in Yobe as a component of endeavors to give some help to the guardians of the young ladies, to tell them that they are not the only one and furthermore to promise them that we won't rest until the point that we have discovered the young ladies. We will convey the guardians along on the endeavors we are making," he said.

As far as it matters for him, the Minister of Interior, Lt. General Abdulrahman Danbazau said the designation set out on the outing with a specific end goal to get the certainties right "so the way to deal with the arrangement can be right".

"We should get back the young ladies and furthermore guarantee this does not occur once more," he said.

The Federal Government designation, which included the Ministers of Information and Culture and in addition that of Interior, Lt.- Gen.

Abdulrahman Dambazau (resigned), held a broadened meeting that was

gone to by Governor Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State; individuals from the

state bureau, the Principal and Vice Principal of the school,

delegates of the guardians of the missing young ladies and security

offices, among others.