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Boko Haram attacks another girls' college in Nigeria, Buhari asks ministers to investigate

Source: Xinhua   2018-02-22 12:28:04

ABUJA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday directed three members of his cabinet to investigate an attack by terror group Boko Haram on an all-girl college earlier this week, a government spokesperson said.

Minister of Defense Mansur Dan-Ali, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed have been asked to visit Dapchi village in the northeastern state of Yobe to get first-hand information on the attack on the Government Girls' Technical College on Monday, Mohammed told reporters here.

The minister said Buhari also directed military and other security agencies to take immediate control of the college and rescue the missing students.

"Nigerians will be constantly briefed on developments," he said.

Hours before the news broke, Buhari said he had "directed the military and police to mobilize immediately," adding that he shared the anguish of the parents and guardians of the girls missing since the attack.

According to officials, at least 46 students are still unaccounted for. Other reports put the figure at 13.

Over 94 students were missing at first. But the state government said 28 returned late Tuesday and 20 more came back early Wednesday.

Police and state officials said there was no evidence that the girls had been abducted but the Yobe government later said in a statement that the military had rescued some of the students from the Boko Haram.

A local teacher said as Boko Haram outlaws went into students' dormitories, many of the girls jumped over the fence and escaped into the bushes.

Some of the girls who had returned told the school authorities that they were rescued by villagers from the bushes.

About four years ago, 276 girls were abducted by the Boko Haram from the Girls' Secondary School in Chibok town in Yobe's neighboring Borno State. Only 107 of the Chibok girls have been rescued or returned amid ongoing government negotiation with Boko Haram.

The outlawed group has been trying since 2009 to establish an Islamic state in northeastern Nigeria. They have killed some 20,000 people and displaced millions.

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Boko Haram attacks another girls' college in Nigeria, Buhari asks ministers to investigate

Source: Xinhua 2018-02-22 12:28:04

ABUJA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday directed three members of his cabinet to investigate an attack by terror group Boko Haram on an all-girl college earlier this week, a government spokesperson said.

Minister of Defense Mansur Dan-Ali, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed have been asked to visit Dapchi village in the northeastern state of Yobe to get first-hand information on the attack on the Government Girls' Technical College on Monday, Mohammed told reporters here.

The minister said Buhari also directed military and other security agencies to take immediate control of the college and rescue the missing students.

"Nigerians will be constantly briefed on developments," he said.

Hours before the news broke, Buhari said he had "directed the military and police to mobilize immediately," adding that he shared the anguish of the parents and guardians of the girls missing since the attack.

According to officials, at least 46 students are still unaccounted for. Other reports put the figure at 13.

Over 94 students were missing at first. But the state government said 28 returned late Tuesday and 20 more came back early Wednesday.

Police and state officials said there was no evidence that the girls had been abducted but the Yobe government later said in a statement that the military had rescued some of the students from the Boko Haram.

A local teacher said as Boko Haram outlaws went into students' dormitories, many of the girls jumped over the fence and escaped into the bushes.

Some of the girls who had returned told the school authorities that they were rescued by villagers from the bushes.

About four years ago, 276 girls were abducted by the Boko Haram from the Girls' Secondary School in Chibok town in Yobe's neighboring Borno State. Only 107 of the Chibok girls have been rescued or returned amid ongoing government negotiation with Boko Haram.

The outlawed group has been trying since 2009 to establish an Islamic state in northeastern Nigeria. They have killed some 20,000 people and displaced millions.

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