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Over 100 Nigerian school girls still missing after Boko Haram's attack: police

Xinhua,February 22, 2018 Adjust font size:

LAGOS, Feb. 21 (Xinhua) -- Nigeria's police in restive northeast Yobe Wednesday confirmed that 111 girls were still unaccounted for, following Monday's attack by Boko Haram insurgents on Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi.

Some 815 out of the 926 students were physically seen in the school as at Tuesday, Abdulmaliki Sumonu, police chief in charge of the state told reporters in Damaturu, the state capital.

There are reports that more girls have returned to the school after the head count, he said, noting that there were no abductions or deaths inside the school.

"I asked the school's principal if there were abductions or deaths in the school and she said no," the police added.

"I am not unaware of the rumors going on, l want to appeal to the press and society to please cooperate with the security agencies in this situation," he said.

The police chief told reporters that security forces had pursued the insurgents in a new location where they were reported to have been seen.

The Boko Haram insurgents attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, on Monday and looted foodstuff, while the staff and students ran into the bush for safety.

Boko Haram has been trying since 2009 to establish an Islamic state in northeastern Nigeria, killing some 20,000 people and forcing displacement of millions of others. Enditem

 

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