Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom, has identified with the government and people of Yobe State over the missing schoolgirls of Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi.
DAILY POST reports that 94 girls from the Government Girls Science and Technical Secondary School in Dapchi, Yobe state were reported missing after Boko Haram attacked the school on Monday, February 19, 2018.
Ortom described the incident as traumatic, especially for parents and relations of the schoolgirls, urging security agencies to ensure that the rest of the girls are rescued from the hands of their abductors.
Tever Akase, the Chief Press Secretary to the governor in a statement on Friday, quoted Ortom as expressing the hope that the remaining schoolgirls will soon be found and reunited with their families.
The Governor says the development in Yobe came as a shock to him. He states that any attack on children is an attack on the future of the country.
“Governor Ortom gives assurance that the people of Benue State will continue to pray for the families in Yobe whose children are yet to return following the attack on the school.
“He says that insecurity in any part of the country should be the concern of every Nigerian and calls for timely and useful information made available to security agencies to enable them live up to their expectations,” the statement added,
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