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Boko Haram attacks another girls' college in Nigeria, Buhari asks ministers to investigate

Xinhua,February 22, 2018 Adjust font size:

ABUJA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari Wednesday ordered three members of his cabinet to investigate an attack by terror group Boko Haram on an all-girl college earlier this week, a government spokesperson said.

Minister of Defense Mansur Dan-Ali, Foreign Minister Geoffrey Onyeama and Minister of Information and Culture Lai Mohammed have been asked to visit Dapchi village in the northeastern state of Yobe to get first-hand information on the attack on the Government Girls' Technical College on Monday, Mohammed told reporters here.

The minister said Buhari also directed military and other security agencies to take immediate control of the college and rescue the missing students.

According to officials, at least 46 students remain missing following the attack. Other reports said at least 13 students were still missing.

About four years ago, 276 girls were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from the Girls' Secondary School in Chibok town in Yobe's neighboring Borno State. Only 107 of the Chibok girls have been rescued or returned amid ongoing government negotiation with Boko Haram.

The outlawed group has been trying since 2009 to establish an Islamic state in northeastern Nigeria. They have killed some 20,000 people and displaced millions. Enditem

 

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