The Federal Government has said that there are still conflicting figures on the actual number of students abducted by the Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State.
National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), stated this yesterday while inaugurating a 12-man probe committee to unravel the circumstances leading to the kidnap of the schoolgirls.
Monguno, who tasked the committee not only to unravel the actual number of abducted girls but also their identity, said: “The committee is to determine the exact number of persons abducted alongside their identity as there are conflicting reports in this regard, to confirm the presence, composition, scale and disposition of security emplaced in Dapchi, as well as the school itself before the incident.
“You are to commence sitting immediately and submit your report to me in two weeks’ time.”
However, Ekiti State Governor Ayodele Fayose has in a statement issued yesterday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, alleged that Boko Haram insurgency has become source of indirect treasury looting, saying that those benefitting from Internally-Displaced Persons (IDPs) scams and payment of ransom (in dollars) to free those abducted by the insurgents will never wish to see the end of the insurgency.
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