Some of the students kidnapped
from Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, have been taken to
Niger Republic, according to Daily Trust.
Quoting a source, the newspaper
said the girls were split into two groups; with some kept in Borno state.
The Musa Albarnawi faction of
Boko Haram is suspected of being behind the kidnap. The Albarnawi faction is
loyal to the Islamic State of West Africa.
The group was responsible for the
kidnap of some University of Maiduguri lecturers who were conducting an oil
research in Borno state last year.
While some were killed, those
abducted regained freedom, earlier in the month.
The newspaper mentioned the
location where the girls are reportedly kept.
“The girls ferried across a shallow
river and are held in the border town of Duro in Niger Republic,” the source
was quoted to have said.
“The second batch has been moved
to Tumbun Gini area of Abadam LGA of Borno.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has
described the abduction as a “national disaster”, urging security agencies to
ensure that the 110 girls are found.
During a visit to Yobe, Ibrahim
Shetimma, governor of Borno, expressed worries that the Dapchi incident is a sad
reminder of the Chibok schoolgirls saga of 2014.
Shetimma urged residents to
cooperate with the security services to unravel the mysterious Dapchi kidnap.
“Neither denial, nor conspiracy
theory as was done in the case of Chibok girls abduction under PDP-led Federal
Government. We should learn to separate politics from human lives,” he said.
Boko Haram had abducted 274
students from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state in April 2014
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