The Federal Government has disclosed that the Air Force has deployed 100 fighter jets to join in the search for the 110 schoolgirls abducted on Monday February 19, 2018, in Dapchi community, Yobe State. This was disclosed by Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, Culture and National Orientation.
The Minister disclosed that based on fact sheet with the government twenty of the jets have flown 200 hours as at Monday evening. He added that the Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar relocated to Yobe State on Tuesday, to personally superintend the search for the girls.”
He confirmed the released of names and details of the abducted Dapchi school girls. Contained in the list revelation that eight(8) of the girls are in JSS1, 17 in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3, ranging within the ages of 11 to 19years.
Alh.Mohammed said, “The list, which also contains the contact address and phone number of each missing girl, was verified by a 26-member Screening Committee that include the Executive Secretary, State Teaching Service Board, Musa Abdulsalam; Director, Schools’ Management, Ministry of Education, Shuaibu Bulama; Principal of GGSTC, Adama Abdulkarim; the two Vice Principals, Ali Musa Mabu and Abdullahi Sule Lampo; Admission Officer Bashir Ali Yerima, and the Form Masters for all the classes.
Babagana Mongana, National Security Adviser to the President,(NSA), who also visited Governor Ibrahim Gaidam in Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, on Tuesday announced that 80 other surveillance jets would join the search for the girls, in addition to the 20 aircrafts deployed 20 aircraft in Maiduguri.
He said, “ So far, 200 hours have been utilised in flying sorties looking for these girls. We have also been made aware of the fact that the Nigerian Air Force will step up its operation regardless of the very hard and severe weather condition.
“Back in Abuja, we have set up our own machinery in dealing with this situation. All the security agencies have been working together. The situation room has been expanded – the one in the office of the National Security Adviser that is linked directly to all other security agencies but most importantly to the theatre command over in Northeast.
“I have made efforts with my counterparts across the region to try and work and share intelligence together and see how quickly we can bring to an end this very unfortunate situation. But, apart from that, we are also looking at other measures in dealing with past occurrences and how to forestall any future occurrence. “
Air Marshal Abubakar and some other military chiefs were with Munguno at the meeting with the governor.
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