Aregbesola: Abductors of Dapchi school girls are cowards

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- Perpetrators of the kidnap of over 100 students of Government Girls Science College, Dapchi, Yobe, have been labeled as cowards

- Governor Rauf Aregbesola of stated this during a conference in Osun state

- He also urged Nigerians to intensify prayers for the timely release of the school girls

Osun state governor, Rauf Aregbesola on Tuesday, February 27, described perpetrators of the recent kidnap of over 100 students of Government Girls Science College, Dapchi, Yobe, as coward individuals.

The governor who spoke at a 2-day conference of Osun Officials’ Wives Association (OSUNWA) hosted by his wife, Sherifat Aregbesola also called on Nigerians to intensify prayers for the timely release of the school girls, Tribune reports.

“I want to use this opportunity of this gathering being a gathering of mostly women to ask that we all stand up and pray for the safe return of some girls that are supposed to be in schools that were kidnapped by some criminals in the northern part of our country”.

“Don’t fail to let your conference address the issue of those cowards who adopted our girls, tell them in your resolutions that if they are not cowards they should stop denying innocent girls their freedom, but face soldiers who are in the region for peacekeeping," he said.

The governor who also emphasise his call on Nigerians to pray fervently for the freedom of the students, added “let us pray for the safety of the girls and their return, we should all as women and Nigerians pray to God to touch the heart of the criminals to hasten the release of those innocent girls and those with same experience.”

Reacting to all the kidnappings going on in the country, the All Progressive Congress governor urged women to teach their children how to protect and defend their country.

“As women, you should use your definely inspired position to change the world for good. Nigeria is not what it should today because women are not playing their roles," he said.

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Meanwhile, NAIJ.com had reported that the federal government had set up a 12-member committee to unravel the circumstances surrounding the abduction of 110 students of the Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC) in Dapchi, Yobe state.

The panel followed the government's confirmation that 110 students of the school were abducted on February 19, 2018.

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