FG inaugurates 12-man committee to probe Dapchi abduction

The Federal Government has set up a 12-member committee to
unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students
of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe
State.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who
disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday said the National
Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), convened the
committee.

He said the committee, which will be chaired by a military
officer of the rank of Major-General, comprised one senior provost
each from the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air
Force.

He said other members of the committee included representatives
of the National Intelligence Agency, Defence Intelligence Agency,
Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services and Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps.

The minister said the committee also included two
representatives of the Yobe State Government and a representative
of the Office of the National Security Adviser.

He said the terms of reference of the committee included
ascertaining the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the
girls.

He said the committee would confirm the presence, composition,
scale and disposition of security in
Dapchi and in GGSTC before the incident.

The minister said the committee would suggest measures that
could lead to the location and rescue of the girls and recommend
measures to prevent future occurrence.

He said the committee, to be inaugurated on Wednesday, is
expected to submit its report by March 15.

NAN reports that earlier, the Federal Government had released
names of the missing girls.

The list, which the minister said was handed over to him by the
Yobe Government, contains the name, age, and class of each of the
110 students.

Out of the 110 missing girls, eight are said to be in JSS1, 17
in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3.

Mohammed said the girls’ ages range from 11 to 19 years.

(NAN)

The Federal Government has set up a 12-member committee to
unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students
of the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe
State.

The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who
disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Tuesday said the National
Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd), convened the
committee.

He said the committee, which will be chaired by a military
officer of the rank of Major-General, comprised one senior provost
each from the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air
Force.

He said other members of the committee included representatives
of the National Intelligence Agency, Defence Intelligence Agency,
Nigeria Police Force, Department of State Services and Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corps.

The minister said the committee also included two
representatives of the Yobe State Government and a representative
of the Office of the National Security Adviser.

He said the terms of reference of the committee included
ascertaining the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the
girls.

He said the committee would confirm the presence, composition,
scale and disposition of security in
Dapchi and in GGSTC before the incident.

The minister said the committee would suggest measures that
could lead to the location and rescue of the girls and recommend
measures to prevent future occurrence.

He said the committee, to be inaugurated on Wednesday, is
expected to submit its report by March 15.

NAN reports that earlier, the Federal Government had released
names of the missing girls.

The list, which the minister said was handed over to him by the
Yobe Government, contains the name, age, and class of each of the
110 students.

Out of the 110 missing girls, eight are said to be in JSS1, 17
in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3.

Mohammed said the girls’ ages range from 11 to 19 years.

(NAN)