No Ransome Paid In Dapchi Schoolgirls Release – Presidency

The Presidency says the Federal Government used what it termed “backchannel negotiations” to facilitate the release of pupils of Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State.

This was according to Mansur Dan Ali, Minister of Defence, and Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, who briefed State House Correspondents shortly before the commencement of the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting on Wednesday.

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The Presidency in a statement via its official Twitter handle, further confirmed that no ransome was paid to secure the release of the girls.

Recall that Boko Haram insurgents on Wednesday morning returned more than 100 abducted pupils of the Government Girls Science Technical College Dapchi.

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The sect reportedly stormed the town in 9 vehicles to return the girls, the same way they abducted them about a month ago.

“Boko Haram just returned the kidnapped girls this morning. They brought them back in the same set of vehicles which they used in conveying them last month,” a resident said.

“People are scared because they do not know what the insurgents are up to.”

The defence minister said last week that the girls would soon be reunited with their parents, as the government was close to securing their release.

 

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