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The Nigerian government has reacted to the alleged revelation by a certain Sergeant David Bako, who claimed there was a top-level conspiracy that stage-managed the abduction of Dapchi schoolgirls on 19 February.<\/p>\n
Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, while reacting to the report, described it as unfounded and social media lies.<\/p>\n
Mohammed spoke in Lagos on Sunday in response to the news in the social media since the abduction and return of scores of Dapchi schoolgirls by Boko Haram insurgents.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can tell you categorically that this David Bako is fake. There is no such soldier in the Nigerian Army. There was no conspiracy anywhere. The intention of those behind the disinformation and fake news is to cause disaffection between Christians and Muslims, and between Southerners and Northerners,\u201d Mohammed said.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis Administration\u2019s success in seeking an early release of the Dapchi girls has ruffled many feathers. It has upturned a lot of plans by naysayers. They have not been able to sleep since the girls came back. Their campaign to unseat President Buhari is fuelling their desperation. Nigerians should prepare to see more avalanche of disinformation and fake news. But they should not lend any credibility to such reports. They belong to the trash can!<\/p>\n
\u201cThis was done in concert with a friendly country, international organization and trusted facilitators, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cA total of 111 girls were abducted from the Government Girls Secondary and Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi on 19 Feb. 2018. That means one student was not captured on the list of 110 abducted students that was compiled by the school, on the basis of which the Federal Government gave the number of abducted schoolgirls as 110.<\/p>\n
\u201cAlso kidnapped were two other persons, who are not students of the college. They include a primary school boy who came to the school to sell pure water and another primary school girl. That brings the total number of abducted persons on that day to 113.<\/p>\n
\u201cSo far, a total of 107 persons, comprising 105 Dapchi schoolgirls and the two non-students, have been released by the insurgents.<\/p>\n
\u201cSix Dapchi schoolgirls are yet unaccounted for. All efforts will be made to secure their release,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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