Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, on Sunday confirmed that 110 students of Government Girls Technical School in Dapchi, Yobe State were unaccounted for in the Boko Haram attack on the school last Monday.
Mohammed disclosed this to newsmen in Damaturu after a closed-door meeting between a Federal Government delegation, Yobe State Government, security agencies, community leaders and parents of the missing schoolgirls.
“It was a meeting between stakeholders to get first-hand information and, out of the total register of 906 students in school that day, 110 students are unaccounted,” he said.
The minister added that far-reaching decisions were reached among which is the deployment of police and Civil Defence Corps to all schools.
He said security agencies were synergizing to ensure the rescue of every student abducted by the insurgents.
“No stone will be left unturned in our determination to rescue these girls,” the minister assured.
He said the federal, state governments and parents would collaborate with security agents to work towards the successful rescue of the students.
Mohammed reiterated that the insurgents were being contained and now looking for soft targets.
“Government will remain focused and resolute in the fight against insurgency to rescue the students and every Nigerian in their custody,” he said.
