Confusion As Yobe Governor Says No School Girl Rescued

Less than 24 hours after claims by the Yobe state government and the military that about 50 0f the 94 school girls who went missing after Boko Haram attacked Government Girls Science Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has reversed the claim, saying none of the students have been rescued.

In a re-enactment of the Chibok school incident in 2014, suspected Boko Haram terrorists stormed the school on Monday and abducted some of the students.

Only on Wednesday night, the state government said the army had rescued some of the students without giving the number of those rescued.

Spokesperson to the governor, Abdullahi Bego had said: “The Yobe state government hereby informs the public that some of the girls at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) whose school was attacked by Boko Haram terrorists last Monday have been rescued by gallant officers and men of the Nigerian Army from the terrorists who abducted them.

“The rescued girls are now in the custody of the Nigerian Army. We will provide more details about their number and condition in due course.”

However, the tide turned on Thursday when the governor visited the affected community on Thursday, and told concerned family members of the students to keep praying that the girls should be found.

“We were all angry. How could they have deceived us all along?” Abdul Dapchi, a resident, moaned.

According to Dapchi, two of his sisters were among the captives.