SAN FRANCISCO, March 25, (THEWILL) – The schoolgirls who were abducted by Boko Haram insurgents from the Government Girls Science Technical College (GGSTC) Dapchi have been reunited with their parents.
The girls were on Sunday handed over to their parents at the Assembly Hall of the school in Dapchi the headquarters of Bursari Local Government Area of Yobe State.
THEWILL recalls that the schoolgirls were released on Wednesday, March 21 after being held captive by the Boko Haram.
They were subsequently flown to Aso Villa where they met with President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday.
The freed girls, brought in a military aircraft, landed at about 10.00 a.m. on Sunday at the 105 Nigeria Air Force Composite Command, Maiduguri en route Yobe state.
The girls, accompanied by top government officials and representatives of the parents, left Maiduguri in convey of buses to Damaturu, capital of Yobe state.
A member of the House of Reps Hon Bukar Goni, who presented the children to the state Governor, Ibrahim Gaidam, represented by the State Commissioner of Information, Mala Musi, says 105 of the number presented are students of the school while two are children living in the staff quarters of the institution.
He called on parents of the students not to be deterred by the abduction saga as the government has set up the necessary measures to forestall a re-occurrence.
Mr Goni thanked all Nigerians for standing behind the people of the area throughout its trying times.
