Back اختطاف طالبات دابتشي Arabic Դափչիից աշակերտուհիների առևանգումը Armenian Utekwaji nyara wa Dapchi Swahili
| Part of Boko Haram insurgency | |
| Date | February 19, 2018 |
|---|---|
| Venue | Government Girls' Science and Technical College |
| Location | Dapchi, Bulabulin, Yunusari, Yobe State, Nigeria |
| Type | Kidnapping |
| Cause | Military withdrawal |
| Participants | Boko Haram |
| Outcome |
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| Missing | 1 |
On February 19, 2018, at 5:30 pm, 110 schoolgirls aged 11–19 years old were kidnapped by the Boko Haram terrorist group from the Government Girls' Science and Technical College (GGSTC). Dapchi is located in Bulabulin, Bursari Local Government area of Yobe State, in the northeast part of Nigeria.[1][2][3] The federal government of Nigeria deployed the Nigerian Air Force and other security agencies to search for the missing schoolgirls and to hopefully enable their return.[4] The governor of Yobe State, Ibrahim Gaidam, blamed Nigerian Army soldiers for having removed a military checkpoint from the town. Dapchi lies approximately 275 km (170 miles) northwest of Chibok, where over 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014.[5]
Five schoolgirls died on the same day of their kidnapping; Boko Haram released everyone else in March 2018, save the lone Christian girl, Leah Sharibu, who refused to convert to Islam.[6]
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- ^ "110 Nigerian schoolgirls still missing after attack: Minister". Al Jazeera. February 25, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Searcey, Dionne; Akinwotu, Emmanuel (February 21, 2018). "Boko Haram Storms Girls' School in Nigeria, Renewing Fears". The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 9, 2022. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Onuah, Felix; Akwagyiram, Alexis (February 25, 2018). Maclean, William (ed.). "Nigeria says 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack". Reuters. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ "Nigeria's Dapchi school abduction: Father's plea to find daughter". BBC News. BBC. February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 4, 2018.
- ^ Maclean, Ruth; Abrak, Isaac (March 24, 2018). "Boko Haram kept one Dapchi girl who refused to deny her Christianity". The Guardian. Retrieved March 4, 2018.