#DapchiGirls: Borno state government shuts down boarding schools indefinitely

The closure is as a result of the recent attack on Dapchi village of Yobe state by Boko Haram gunmen during which 105 schoolgirls were abducted.

The state government said it took this far-reaching decision after an expanded security council meeting of all security, government and traditional leaders that held on 15 March 2018.

The security council who met at the office of the state governor, Kashim Shettima, also discussed the need to return an internally displaced person to their reclaimed and rebuilt communities.

To that effect, the stakeholders agreed that elaborate security infrastructure and personnel must be put in place before flagging off the return to communities.

According to the statement issued by the state commissioner for home affairs, information and culture, Muhammed Bulama, the council has also okayed the opening of the Maiduguri-Bama road on 24 March for all civilian traffic. The road has remained closed for over three years now. The security council meeting also expressed worry over the continuing attacks by Boko Haram to which it resolved that any persons or group found to be taking sides with the insurgents would be made the full wrath of the law.