The number of the Dapchi schoolgirls who were released on
Wednesday morning has increased from 76 to 101, according to the FederalGovernment of Nigeria, reports ITRealms.
Confirmed this to ITRealms, the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, in a press statement by Senior Assistant to Honourable
Minister of Information and Culture, Segun Adeyemi.
Mohammed also said, the documentation of more of the freed
girls by the security agencies proved that Dapchi schoolgirls who were released
on Wednesday have increased from 76 to 101.
The number could still increase, as the documentation of the
freed girls is ongoing, stressing that the release of the schoolgirls is the
outcome of the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to all security agencies
to do everything possible to secure the release of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls,
who were abducted 19 February 2018.
In addition, the minister said the girls were released
around 3 a.m. through back-channel efforts and with the help of some friends of
the country, and that it was unconditional.
''For the release to work, the government had a clear
understanding that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it
could endanger the lives of the girls, hence a non-violent approach was the
preferred option.
''Within the period when the girls were being brought back,
operational pause was observed in certain areas to ensure free passage and also
that lives were not lost,'' he said.
Meanwhile, a Federal Government Delegation comprising
Ministers of Information and Culture; Interior as well as Minister of State for
Foreign Affairs are on their way to Maiduguri to meet with the freed girls.
Nenye Dom/GEE
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