BREAKING: Boko Haram returns Dapchi schoolgirls, 5 dead


Boko Haram on Thursday returned the abducted Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapped from the Government Girls School in Yobe.
Report reaching DAILY POST has it that the insurgents group returned the girls in nine vehicles, an episode similar to how they were taken away.
Our Correspondent gathered that there was confusion in the area as members of the community scampered upon sighting the vehicles.
From the sketchy details, DAILY POST gathered that five of the girls may have died while in custody of the insurgents.
DAILY POST recalls that the Minister of Defence, last Saturday assured Nigerians that all the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram terrorists would regain their freedom.
Details shortly…
source: dailypost.ng

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