Dapchi girls: Back-channel meant for secure, quick safe release – Lai Mohammed

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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed has explained that the use of back-channel in the release of the abducted Dapchi girls from the Government Girls Secondary and Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi on 19 February 2018, was for quick and safety, reports ITRealms.

Speaking in Lagos on Sunday, Mohammed said “the abducted girls were released last Wednesday as a result of intense back-channel engagement aimed at securing their quick and safe release.”

This, he said, was done in concert with a friendly country, international organization and trusted facilitators, stressing that since then, there have been a lot of developments, including that actually, a total of 111 girls were abducted from

“That means one student was not captured on the list of 110 abducted students that was compiled by the school, on the basis of which the Federal Government gave the number of abducted schoolgirls as 110.

“Also kidnapped were two other persons, who are not students of the college. They include a primary school boy who came to the school to sell pure water and another primary school girl. That brings the total number of abducted persons on that day to 113.

“So far, a total of 107 persons, comprising 105 Dapchi schoolgirls and the two non-students, have been released by the insurgents,” he said.

The Minister equally said that six Dapchi schoolgirls were yet unaccounted for, but all efforts will be made to secure their release.

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Pix: Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed (middle) flanked by the Special Assistant 1 to the President on Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi (left) and Special Assistant II to the President on Information and Culture, Mr. Williams Adeleye (right) at the press conference in Lagos on Sunday.

Dapchi Girls: FG releases comprehensive list of missing students

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Finally, the Federal Government (FG) has released a comprehensive list of the missing students with the names and other details of the 110 girls, following the attack and their abduction at the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, on 19 February, 2018, reports ITRealms.

The list was contained in a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who has twice led a Federal Government delegation to Yobe since the tragic
incident occurred.

The SA Media to Hon. Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi, who affirmed this to ITRealms, said the list, which was handed over to the Minister by the Yobe State Government, contains the name, age and class of each of the 110 students.

“Out of the 110 missing girls, 8 are in JSS1, 17 in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3. The girls' ages range from 11 to 19 years,” he said.

In addition, he said, the list, which contained the contact address and phone numbers of each missing girl, was verified by a 26-member Screening Committee that includes the Executive Secretary, State Teaching Service Board, Musa Abdulsalam; Director, Schools' Management, Ministry of Education, Shuaibu Bulama; Principal of GGSTC, Adama Abdulkarim; the two Vice Principals, Ali Musa Mabu and Abdullahi Sule Lampo; Admission Officer, Bashir Ali Yerima, and the Form Masters for all the classes.

Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Tuesday relocated to Yobe State to personally superintend the search for the girls.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had earlier deployed more platforms to the North-east for the search, as the security agencies ramp up their efforts to locate and rescue the girls.

You can see full list here:

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