Boko Haram Out To Embarrass Buhari With Yobe Schoolgirls Kidnap – Lai Mohammed

Information Minister, Lai Mohammed, has alleged a plot by Boko Haram to embarrass the Muhammadu Buhari regime with the latest reports of schoolgirls kidnap in Yobe State.

Speaking at the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, where over 90 schoolgirls were reported to have been kidnapped on Monday, Mohammed said the sect carried out the attack as revenge for their degradation by the Buhari regime.

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The minister, who said this on Thursday, equally claimed that the insurgents only want to embarrass the Buhari government because they have been starved of “publicity”.

Mohammed said, “We are still monitoring the situation and what I want people to understand is that since two days ago some of the students who fled to neighbouring towns and communities had returned and more have been returning.

“When we arrived here we have been briefed by the governor and the GOC about the situation of the students. We know there are few students who are yet accounted for, but we don’t want to manufacture stories on this issue. But give us few days, we will be able to tell you exactly the real situation of things.

“But you can see the response of the military, the response of the state government is quite commendable. Since four days now we have been following the efforts being made to arrest the situation. On the issue of the number of missing girls, we cannot give what we are not sure of until we hear from their parents, we cannot say this is the number. Give us a few more time, please.

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“But we must understand that these are they dying days of the Boko Haram and what they intend to do is to embarrass the government because they have been degraded, they have been pushed out of Sambisa forest.

“They have been starved out of oxygen and the oxygen they feed on is publicity so that they can grab the world’s attention. But I can assure you that with the determination of our gallant military, the days of Boko Haram are numbered,” said the minister.

Meanwhile, one of the schoolgirls who reportedly escaped the attack had narrated her ordeal saying:

“My name is Aishatu Abdullahi. I am a Senior Secondary (SS) student of GGSS Dapchi.

“I was in the school when the Boko Haram insurgents came at exactly the time we were preparing to break our usual Monday fast.

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“They were shooting guns and everyone was confused; then we started running helter-skelter. We saw some people pushing some of the students to enter their vehicles.”

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