111 girls students missing after Boko Haram attack on govt school

     Written by : SMTV24x7 | Thu, Feb 22, 2018, 03:00 AM

111 girls students missing after Boko Haram attack on govt school

Nigeria, Feb 22: As many as 111 girl students were still unaccounted for following Monday's attack by Boko Haram insurgents on a government school in Nigeria's restive northeast Yobe state, police said on Wednesday.

Some 815 out of the 926 students were physically seen in the Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, as on Tuesday, Abdulmaliki Sumonu, police chief in charge of the state told reporters in state capital Damaturu, reported Xinhua.

There are reports that more girls have returned to the school after the head count, he said, noting that there were no abductions or deaths inside the school.

"I asked the school's principal if there were abductions or deaths in the school and she said no.

"I am not unaware of the rumours going on, I want to appeal to the press and society to please cooperate with the security agencies in this situation," he said.