Over a week later, Nigerian govt releases its list of missing Dapchi schoolgirls, gives breakdown

Over a week later, Nigerian govt releases its list of missing Dapchi schoolgirls, gives breakdown

The Federal Government has released the names and other details of the 110 girls who are yet to be accounted for, following the attack on the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State.

The girls were abducted after suspected members of Boko Haram terrorist stormed their school on February 19, 2018.

Earlier, a support group set up by parents of the group had announced and released names of 105 girls it claimed were missing following the attack.

A later statement by the Federal Government had put the number of the missing girls as 110.

In a statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who has twice led a Federal Government delegation to Yobe since the tragic incident occurred, said the detailed list of the 110 missing girls was handed over to the minister by the Yobe State Government.

The latest list which contains the names, age and class of each of the 110 students, showed that out of the 110 missing girls, eight are in JSS1, 17 in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3. The girls’ ages range from 11 to 19 years.

The list, which also contains the contact address and phone number of each missing girl, the statement claimed, was verified by a 26-member Screening Committee that includes the Executive Secretary, State Teaching Service Board, Musa Abdulsalam; Director, Schools’ Management, Ministry of Education, Shuaibu Bulama; Principal of GGSTC, Adama Abdulkarim; the two Vice Principals, Ali Musa Mabu and Abdullahi Sule Lampo; Admission Officer, Bashir Ali Yerima, and the Form Masters for all the classes.

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Meanwhile, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, on Tuesday relocated to Yobe State to personally superintend the search for the girls.

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had earlier deployed more platforms to the North east for the search, as the security agencies ramp up their efforts to locate and rescue the girls.

As at 6pm on Monday, it was learnt that the NAF had flown a total of 200 hours while conducting the search

Billow is the full list with breakdown:

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