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Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping

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Nigeria Kidnapping: Boko Haram releases 101 Dapchi schoolgirls

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Boko Haram returns some of the schoolgirls kidnapped in Dapchi

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Dapchi School Girls Abduction: FG Negotiating Girls' Rescue

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Ezekwesili Calls For Investigation Into Dapchi Schoolgirls Abduction

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Kidnapped Nigerian Dapchi School Girls Released

On February 19, 2018, 5:30pm, one hundred and ten (110) schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls' Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, located in Bulabulin, Yunusari Local Government area of Yobe State, in the northeast part of Nigeria. The Federal Government of Nigeria has deployed the Nigerian Airforce and other security agencies to search for the missing schoolgirls and to hopefully enable their return. The governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam blamed the Nigerian soldiers for having removed a military checkpoint from the town. Dapchi lies approximately 275 km northwest of Chibok, where over 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014.
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