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Yobe Govt Apologizes For False News About Rescue Of Missing Dapchi Scool Girls

Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State

Yobe State Government has apologized to Nigerians for what it called ‘false information about the rescue of all the 111 of the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists had stormed their school last Monday.

In a statement today, Thursday, by the Director-General to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam on Press Affairs, Abdullahi Bego, said that the statement issued yesterday evening, Wednesday, on the basis of information provided by one of the security agencies that is involved in the fight against Boko Haram and which the government had no reason to doubt.

“We have now established that the information we relied on to make the statement was not credible. The Yobe State Government apologizes for that.”

 The statement said that Governor Gaidam was in Dapchi today where he met with community leaders and the Principal and staff of the Girls’ College, saying that the governor also addressed the parents of some of the schoolgirls that are still unaccounted for where he told them to pray and exercise patience as the government and security agencies at all levels continue the work to address the unfortunate situation.

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It said that the governor had directed Education Ministry officials and the school administration to work closely with the security agencies to establish the actual number of the girls that are still unaccounted for and to contact parents and the community for possible information that could be useful in the investigation.

“Governor Gaidam shares deeply and personally in the grief about the unfortunate event at the Girls’ College and, under his leadership, the Yobe State Government will continue to do everything necessary in partnership with security agencies and the federal government to address the situation.”