President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the ministers of defence, Mansur Dan-Ali; information, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; and foreign affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, to go to Dapchi village in Yobe to assess the reported abduction of 94 schoolgirls.
Alhaji Mohammed disclosed this when he briefed State House correspondents after the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC.
The meeting, which was held at the State House Council Chamber on Wednesday, was presided by President Buhari.
He said the President had also directed military and other security agencies to take immediate charge and control of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe, where the incident occurred.
“Mr President has directed military and other security agencies to take immediate charge and control of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, and inform him of developments.
“He has released a delegation led by the Minister of Defence to Dapchi, to get first hand information as to what is happening.
“Others in the delegation are Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Information,’’ he said
According to the minister, the president is monitoring the situation through direct contact with the military and police. He said Nigerians will be constantly briefed on developments.
The police in Yobe had on Tuesday confirmed an attack on the school in Dapchi, Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe, by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.
Worried by the government’s inaction over the reported abduction, some concerned Nigerians had taken to the social media to express their outrage.
The reports about missing girls from Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School, Dapchi Yobe State after a Boko Haram attack are too similar to the #ChibokGirls saga and should be handled better. I have a terrible sense of Déjà vu. We can’t allow this happen again!
— Ben Murray-Bruce (@benmurraybruce) February 21, 2018
All the people that were screaming that GEJ acted late over abduction of Chibok Girls are now silent. It’s 3days after abduction of School Girls in Yobe by Boko Haram, Buhari is yet to acknowledge the incident even happened.
All they are aggressively doing is to COVER UP.
— Adeyanju Deji ???????? (@adeyanjudeji) February 21, 2018
All lives matter… #Yobe94 pic.twitter.com/Ybi5QYZcJj
— Ohimai Godwin Amaize (@MrFixNigeria) February 21, 2018
Let me ask President .@MBuhari ‘s @AsoRock , “Are you at all AWARE that it is being alleged that 94 daughters of Nigeria were abducted from the Boarding School -Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School, Dapchi Yobe State after a Boko Haram attack?
WHAT’S THE FACT?— Oby Ezekwesili (@obyezeks) February 21, 2018
It is believed that Wednesday’s knee-jerk reaction by the Buhari administration is in response to the mounting public outcry over the abducted girls.
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