Dapchi schoolgirls released
Nigeria: Boko Haram releases 105 of kidnapped Dapchi girls
Boko Haram terrorist group in Nigeria today returned 105 schoolgirls out of 110 kidnapped from a high school compound in Dapchi, Yobe State, North-East Nigeria, a month ago.
Discover Africa News gathered that the whereabouts of five of the girls is not yet known, fuelling speculations that five of the girls may have died in the process.
Our reporters learnt that the militant group drove the girls in 9 vehicles same way they took them away, to the community and dropped them off.
A source said that the whole Dapchi community was thrown into confusion as the girls were being brought back, some fearing that the terrorist group had struck once more to inflict harm on the community.
“Members of the community scampered into the bush as the terror group appeared in the area, first dropping off one the girls in a nearby village and then driving into the center of Dapchi town to drop off the rest of the girls”, a source said.
There was a claim earlier that the girls had been found but the governor of Yobe , Ibrahim Geidam confirmed the report as false.
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The Yobe state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, had faulted the claim that the Nigerian Army rescued some of the girls of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorist.
A statement signed by Abdullahi Bego, the Director-General, Press Affairs to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, on Wednesday, claimed that some of the girls were rescued and were then in the custody of the Nigerian Army.
However, after visiting Dapchi community, Governor Gaidam faulted the claim that the Nigerian Army rescued some of the girls. He said, in fact, that none of the abducted girls has been rescued.
A Dapchi resident, Abdul Dapchi, whose two sisters were among the abducted girls, lamented to newsmen that the community became infuriated at Governor Gaidam after his confession that no girl was actually recued.
He said, “We were all angry. How could they have deceived us all along?” The Governor is said to have pleaded with the affected family members and the people of the community to keep praying to God for the release of their daughters.