The location of the recently abducted schoolgirls from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi has been revealed. Dailytrust quoted a credible source as saying that half of the schoolgirls have been ferried across the border into Niger Republic. The report said the girls were split into two groups; one was left in an enclave in northern Borno State and the other taken to a village in Niger Republic.
The names of schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls' Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, by suspected Boko Haram terrorists has been released. Recall that following an attack on the school by Boko Haram last week, some schoolgirls were declared missing with reports claiming that some of the victims were later rescued by the military. However, moments after, the state government in another statement said none of the girls was rescued by the military.
South Africa’s top court on Friday reinstated a 24 year prison sentence for Henry Okah convicted of a series of terror attacks in Nigeria eight years ago. Okah was jailed in 2013 for masterminding a number of attacks, including twin bombings which killed 12 people in the Nigerian capital Abuja during Independence Day celebrations in 2010.
The European Union has reiterated its commitment to supporting the Nigerian Government in the fight against terrorism. In a statement in Abuja, the EU also condemned the abduction of young girls seeking to attend school in Yobe state, north east Nigeria. According to the statement: “Targeting children and abducting young girls as they seek to attend school is an attack on our common humanity.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has called on Nigerians to hold President Muhammdu Buhari responsible for the attack and abduction of some schoolgirls from Government Girls Science and Technical School in Dapchi, Yobe state. The party in a statement issued by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan commiserated with the families of the victims assuring of its support to ensure that the girls were released.
The Yobe state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam has lambasted the Nigerian Army for allegedly deceiving the State Government into believing that the some of the girls of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorist on Monday had been rescued.
