President Muhammadu Buhari ordered the military and other security agencies to take charge of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, recently attacked by Boko Haram insurgents.
The President has also directed Minister of Defence, retired Brig-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed and that of Foreign Affairs, Mr Geoffrey Onyeama to visit Dapchi village in Yobe to assess the reported abduction of schoolgirls.
Lai Mohammed, minister of information, disclosed this to state house correspondents on Wednesday.
“Mr President has directed military and other security agencies to take immediate charge and control Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, and informed him of developments,” Mohammed told journalists.
“He has released a delegation led by the minister of defence to Dapchi, to get first-hand information as to what is happening tomorrow morning (Thursday).”
Asked if there is an additional information on the incident apart from the 48 students which the state government said have returned, the minister said: “That is precisely why Mr President is in direct contact with military and police and as soon as we get any information, we will let you know.”
However, the police is insisting there is no case of abduction nor killing established yet, as most of the students are said to have escaped to the bush during the attack.
