The federal government has released the names and other details of the 110 girls who are yet to be accounted for, following the attack on Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State, on 19 February, 2018. According to Eyes Of Lagos, The list was contained in a statement issued yesterday in Abuja, and signed by the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The list, according to the minister was handed over to him by the Yobe State government. The list contains the name, age and class of each of the 110 students.Eyes Of Lagos reports that the minister has led a federal government delegation to Yobe State twice since the tragic incident occurred. Out of the 110 missing girls, 8 are in JSS1, 17 in JSS2, 12 in JSS3, 40 in SS1, 19 in SS2 and 14 in SS3. The girls’ ages range from 11 to 19 years. Alhaji Mohammed noted that the list, handed over to him also contains the contact address and phone number of each missing girl and was verified by a 26-member Screening Committee that includes 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. The minister said the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadie Abubakar, yesterday relocated to Yobe State to personally superintend the search for the girls. He said the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) had earlier deployed more platforms to the North-east for the search, as the security agencies ramp up their efforts to locate and rescue the girls. “As at 6 pm on Monday, the NAF had flown a total of 200 hours while conducting the search,” he added. Meanwhile, the federal government has set up a 12-member committee to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi, Yobe State. The committee was convened by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj-Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd), according to a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, by the minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed. The committee, which will be chaired by a military officer of the rank of Major-General, comprises one senior Provost each from the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air Force; representatives of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA); Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA); Nigeria Police Force (NPF); Department of State Services (DSS); Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC); two representatives of the Yobe State Government and a representative of the Office of the National Security Adviser. The minister said the terms of reference of the committee include ascertaining the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the girls, confirming the presence, composition, scale and disposition of security emplaced in Dapchi as well as in GGSTC before the incident and suggesting measures that can lead to the location and rescue of the girls. “The panel, which is expected to submit its report by 15 March 2018, is also saddled with recommending measures to prevent future occurrence. “The committee will be inaugurated on Wednesday 28 February, 2018,” the statement added.
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