The Nigerian government has confirmed that 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical School, Dapchi, are missing after an attack on their school by Boko Haram. Minister of information Lai Mohammed made this known after a closed-door meeting between a federal government delegation, Yobe government, security agencies, community leaders and parents of the missing schoolgirls.
The minister said far reaching decisions were reached among which included the deployment of police and Civil Defence Corps to all schools.“It was a meeting between stakeholders to get a first hand information and, out of the total register of 906 students in school that day, 110 students are unaccounted,” he said.
“No stone will be left unturned in our determination to rescue these girls.”He said the federal, state governments and parents would partner security agencies to work towards successful rescue of the students. Meanwhile, The Peoples Democratic Party has, however, told the Federal Government and the All Progressives Congress to “stop shedding crocodile tears” and provide answers to questions surrounding the abduction of the schoolgirls.
The party, in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the Muhammadu Buhari-led presidency must answer questions regarding alleged compromise of security in the area, as well as the misleading reports that frustrated immediate rescue of the abducted girls.
