Boko Haram Released Dapchi School Girls Now 101 – Lai Mohammed

Out of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram on February 19, 018, the insurgent group on Wednesday has now released 101 of them, according to Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed who had earlier said they were 76.
Earlier reports on the release some hours ago had put the total number of girls released at 105, while of them were said to have died.
According to Presidential Aide Shehu Garba, the released girls have been transported to their homes. The release of the girls came barely a few days after Defence Minister Dan Ali promised that the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls would be rescued.
Amharic M-grah, a Dapchi resident, whose daughters were among the 110 abducted students, told The Cable that his children were brought back on Wednesday morning.
“The report is true. I have seen my two daughters who were kidnapped last month,” he said.
Another resident said there is confusion in the town as many people are running out of fear.
“Boko Haram just returned the kidnapped girls this morning. They brought them back in the same set of vehicles which they used in conveying them last month,” the resident said.
“People are scared because they do not know what the insurgents are up to.”
Defence minister Mansur Dan-Ali gave the assurance on Saturday during a television programme.
“It can be earlier; maybe a week, it can be two weeks, but we are on it, and I’m telling you with all sense of sincerity that we are closing in on them,” he told Channels TV.
The minister revealed that all necessary efforts were being made to ensure that the girls return safely as soon as possible.
“We have dispatched all the surveillance devices we have in terms of air, human resource, intelligence, and other forces that needed to be in place by all possible means and we have made sure that all that’s needed is being done to see that these girls are being found, wherever they are.”
Dan-Ali was also confident that the girls would return in the shortest time owing to the intelligence at the government’s disposal, though he cannot say the exact time when it would be.