Nigeria: Dapchi - No Security Force Was Informed of Planned Abduction, Dhqtrs Replies AI

21 March 2018

Abuja — Defence Headquarters has dismissed claims by Amnesty International, AI, that security forces were alerted of impending invasion of Dapchi town by Boko Haram terrorists before the abduction of students of Government Girls' Secondary Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State.

Amnesty International had in a report released late Monday night, faulted the military over the abduction of the female students in the North East,saying the Nigerian security forces were intimated of the planned attack of the town by the terrorists group, yet could not swiftly act to avert the situation.

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