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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.
However, the presidency has disclosed that 76
of the abducted school girls have been released. Bashir Ahmed, a presidential
aide disclosed this on Twitter.
"So far, 76 of the 110 abducted Dapchi
schoolgirls have been confirmed release and documented, the number of the freed
girls would be updated after the remaining ones have been documented,
especially because the girls were not handed over to anyone but dropped off in
Dapchi," he wrote.
On his part, Lai Mohammed, also claimed that 91
of the school girls have been released.
In an updated version, the federal government
says 101 girls have been released.
It was also reported by Sahara Reporters that
five of the released girls were alleged to have died.
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soldiers were withdrawn from the town.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.
It was 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.
It was 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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