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Dapchi girls: Yobe gov’t apologizes, urges parents to pray

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Jaafar Jaafar
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Jaafar Jaafar is a graduate of Mass Communication from Bayero University, Kano. He was a reporter at Daily Trust, an assistant editor at Premium Times and now the editor-in-chief of Daily Nigerian.
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The Yobe State Government on Thursday apologized over misleading statement issued Wednesday on the whereabouts of abducted students of Government Girls Science Technical College, GGSTC, Dapchi.

A statement by Abdullahi Bego, the Director-General, Press Affairs, to Governor Ibrahim Gaidam, said the statement was issued on the basis of the information provided by one of the security agencies.

Read the full statement below

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APOLOGY AND CLARIFICATION

The public may recall that we issued a statement last night in which we announced that some of the girls at Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi who went missing after Boko Haram terrorists had stormed their school last Monday were rescued by officers and men of the Nigerian Army who are currently executing the war against the Boko Haram Insurgents.

We issued the statement on the basis of information provided by one of the security agencies that is involved in the fight against Boko Haram and which we had no reason to doubt.

We have now established that the information we relied on to make the statement was not credible. The Yobe State Government apologises for that.

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His Excellency Governor Ibrahim Gaidam was in Dapchi today where he met with community leaders and the Principal and staff of the Girls’ College. The governor also addressed the parents of some of the schoolgirls that are still unaccounted for where he told them to pray and exercise patience as the government and security agencies at all levels continue the work to address the unfortunate situation.

His Excellency Governor Gaidam has also directed Education Ministry officials and the school administration to work closely with the security agencies to establish the actual number of the girls that are still unaccounted for and to contact parents and the community for possible information that could be useful in the investigation.

His Excellency Governor Gaidam shares deeply and personally in the grief about the unfortunate event at the Girls’ College and, under his leadership, the Yobe State Government will continue to do everything necessary in partnership with security agencies and the federal government to address the situation.

Signed

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Abdullahi Bego

Director-General Press Affairs to His Excellency Governor Ibrahim Gaidam

 

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