The Federal Government has confirmed that 110 students of the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Yobe State, are so far unaccounted for, after insurgents believed to be from a faction of Boko Haram invaded their school on Monday 19 February 2018.
Minister of @FMICNigeria, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, announced the figure after a meeting between a FG Delegation and Representative of key stakeholders, including the state government, the college, the parents, security agencies and Bursari local government, where Dapchi is situated, in Damaturu on Sunday.
He said that based on the briefings from the Principal of the College, Hajia Adama Abdulkarim, and the @GovtYobeState Commissioner for Education, Hon. Mohammed Lami, 906 students — out of whom 110 have not been accounted for — were in the school on the day of the attack.
The FG delegation, which comprised Ministers of @FMICNigeria and Interior, held an enlarged meeting attended by Gov Ibrahim Geidam of Yobe State and his cabinet, Principal and Vice Principal of the school, Reps of the parents of the missing girls and security agencies, among others.
Press Release, Aso Rock Media