91 Dapchi Girls Released Unconditionally, FG Dispatches Ministers to Yobe

By Omololu Ogunmade in Abuja

The federal government has disclosed that 91 of the 111 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram on February 19 in Dapchi, Yobe State were released unconditionally in the early hours of Wednesday morning.

The Minister of Information  and Culture, Lai Mohammed, who made this disclosure while answering questions from journalists in the State House Wednesday, said contrary to initial information that 105 of the girls were released, it was actually 91 girls and a boy that were released by the insurgents.

According to Mohammed, the girls were released by Boko Haram without any condition attached to it, pointing out that the release did not cost the government anything.

Consequent upon the release, President Muhammadu Buhari has dispatched three ministers to Dapchi to assess the true situation of events and come with updates on the development.

The ministers dispatched are Mohammed, Khadijat Bukar Abba (Foreign Affairs, State) and Abdulrahman Dambazzau (Interior).

Details later…