Dapchi students during a headcount conducted after attack by the insurgents

A Nigerian lawmaker, Mr Goni Abubakar has told a newspaper that the 110 girls abducted from their school in Dapchi town, Yobe State on 19, February have not been taken out of the country, contrary to speculations.

The lawmaker, whose constituency – Bursari/Yunusari/Gaidam Federal Constituency covered the town where the girls were kidnapped told The Nation in Damaturu, Yobe state capital, that the girls are in Bulabulin, Yunusari Local Government.

“The girls are within Yobe. We have an idea that they are in Bulabulin, Yunusari Local Government. The military is aware that Boko Haram has been in that place for over four years. They live in that place like their own city,” Bukar said.

The lawmaker said while the military are doing everything to rescue the girls, the have to step up their operations.

“This issue is beyond the military that we have in Yobe … It is not the issue of sending 10 policemen or 20 soldiers.  It is a matter of commitment.  That is what we need. If they like, let them give me the uniform and I will wear it and go and show them the place. Even the day of the incident, the chairman, member, House of Assembly and I went to Gumsa because we had information that three of the girls died along the way and they were thrown away but it was wrong information.”

Nigerian military authorities have not reacted to the claim by the Representative.

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