In an unconfirmed report, Boko Haram has reportedly returned kidnapped #DapchiGirls girls back to Dapchi township in Yobe state. The schoolgirls were kidnapped from Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi On February 19, 2018 at about 5:30pm local time. Channels Television correspondent who monitored the event disclosed this during a programme on Wednesday, March 21.
Also confirming the report, Premium Times reported that the chairman of the Dapchi schoolgirls parents association, Bashir Manzo, confirmed that the girls were brought to Dapchi. “My relatives and colleagues in Dapchi just informed me that the girls were brought this morning,” he said. “I am heading to Dapchi now from Damaturu. When I get there we will do a head count to see if all of them have been released.” Daily Trust also reported that a resident confirmed the development.
According to the resident, the insurgents returned the girls in the early hours of Wednesday, March 21, few minutes after soldiers were withdrawn from the town. “We are happy. There is jubilation in Dapchi now as the girls are back,” the resident said. However, it is not yet clear if all the 110 kidnapped girls were freed.
NAIJ.com had reported that the federal government has released the names and other details of the 110 girls who have yet to be accounted for, following the attack on the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe state, on Monday, February 19. NAIJ.com gathered that the list was handed over to the minister by the Yobe state government, and it contains the name, age and class of each of the 110 students.
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