Wednesday 21 February 2018

LATEST UPDATE: Police give Update On the recent attack on Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Burasari local Government area of Yobe State.

Police give update on abduction of school girls in Yobe state Author: 


No school girl was abducted in the suspected Boko Haram insurgents attack in Dapchi town, Yobe state commissioner of police, Abdulmaliki Sumonu, has said - Sumonu said no life was lost but three males were later abducted by the insurgents in a remote community after the attack on Dapchi - Suspected Boko Haram terrorists had attacked the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, in Burasari local government area of Yobe state.


 Abdulmaliki Sumonu, the Yobe commissioner of police, on Tuesday, February 20, said that there was no loss of live in the suspected Boko Haram insurgents attack on Government Girls College in Dapchi town. 


Reports state that terrorists attacked the town on Monday, February 19, and carted away foodstuffs at the Government Girls College, while firing sporadically forcing staff and students to flee into surrounding for safety. 

Sumonu told newsmen in Yobe that three males were later abducted by the insurgents in a remote community in Geidam local government area after the attack on Dapchi.


 Minister Dambazzau meets with IGP, police chiefs He said so far, there was no report of abduction of any of the girls in the school. “We are still collecting the details on the attack, census of the girls and the general public,” he said. 

Report gathered from Dapchi residents that there was no casualty recorded and no injury sustained as the terrorists sporadically shot in the air to scare people away when they arrived in the town.

 According to the residents, who spoke on condition of anonymity, the terrorists carted away food items from the stores of the Government Girls College, Dapchi, and petrol from hawkers, who abandoned their products to run for safety. 

Reports also recalls that there were fears on Monday over the safety of students of the Government Girls Secondary School, GGSS Dapchi, in Bursari local government area of Yobe state, over the reported presence of insurgents in the area. 

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