Borno State Police Command yesterday introduced another controversy
to the saga of missing Chibok schoolgirls, saying the total number of missing
girls is unknown for now. The parents of the missing girls had last week faulted the
government figure as they insisted that over 230 of their daughters had not
been found. Addressing a news conference jointly hosted by the state director of
the State Security Service (SSS), Ahmed Abdullahi, yesterday, the state police
commissioner, Tanko Lawan, said the number of girls reported to be missing is
276 and could rise, while 53 of them had escaped so far.
Mr Lawan said the figures quoted were collated from various members
of Chibok community and surrounding villages, noting that the figures are
evolving, suggesting that the number could rise. He said: “It is really difficult to say the actual number of girls
that were abducted. This is because students from other secondary schools
within the catchment area were deployed to GGSS, Chibok, to write their final
year examinations due to the peculiar security challenges in Borno State.
“The students were drawn from schools in Izge, Lassa, Ashigashiya
and Warabe A, and that is why after the unfortunate incident, there were
various flying numbers as to the actual number of girls that were taken away,”
he said.
The SSS director asked the public not misconstrue their figures as a
contradiction of the ones earlier given.
“The fact is that the number may likely change, especially when
parents from some of the villages come forth and report the disappearance of
their daughters. Most importantly, it is not the number that matters because
all the girls are very important and we have to find them”.
He said the various security agencies were collaborating at all
levels towards rescuing the girls and called on parents and community leaders
to submit names and identities of their missing daughters.
He further gave out telephone numbers so that parents and Nigerians
can call and give useful information that will lead to the rescue of the girls.
The numbers are +2348075897377, +23481777309 and +2348036121490.
#BringBackOurGirls
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