{"id":22388,"date":"2018-03-21T12:11:31","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=22388"},"modified":"2018-03-21T12:11:31","modified_gmt":"2018-03-21T11:11:31","slug":"updated-fg-confirms-release-76-abducted-dapchi-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/updated-fg-confirms-release-76-abducted-dapchi-students\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATED: FG Confirms Release Of 76 Abducted Dapchi Students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"line-height: inherit\">The Presidency has\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit\">confirmed the release of 76 out of the 110 abducted students in the early\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"line-height: inherit\">hours of Wednesday<\/span><\/p>\n<p>It said the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to all security agencies to do everything possible to secure the release of the Dapchi\u00a0schoolgirls, abducted February 19, yielded the result.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">In a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, signed by \u00a0Segun Adeyemi, the\u00a0Special Adviser to the Minister of Information and Culture,\u00a0 Alhaji Lai Mohammed, said the 76 are those<br \/>\nwho have been documented so far, adding that the release of the\u00a0abducted students is ongoing.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">He said the girls were released around 3 a.m. through &#8220;back-channel\u00a0efforts and with the help of some friends of the country,&#8221; and that it\u00a0was unconditional.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8221;For the release to work, the government had a clear understanding\u00a0that violence and confrontation would not be the way out as it could\u00a0endanger the lives of the girls, hence a non-violent approach was the\u00a0preferred option.<\/p><div data-ad-id=\"32665\" style=\"text-align:center; margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:0px; margin-right:0px;float:none;\" class=\"afw afw_ad_image afw_ad afwadid-32665  \">\r\n                                                            <div style=\"font-size:10px;text-align:center;color:#cccccc;\">Advertisement<\/div>\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.accessbankplc.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" height=\"auto\" max-width=\"100%\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Banner-1.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n                                                                        \r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">&#8221;Within the period when the girls were being brought back,\u00a0operational pause was observed in certain areas to ensure free passage<br \/>\nand also that lives were not lost,&#8221; Alhaji Mohammed said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">He said the number of the freed girls would be updated after the\u00a0remaining ones have been documented, especially because the girls were<br \/>\nnot handed over to anyone but dropped off in Dapchi.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Presidency has\u00a0confirmed the release of 76 out of the 110 abducted students in the early\u00a0hours of Wednesday It said the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari to all security agencies to do everything possible to secure the release of the Dapchi\u00a0schoolgirls, abducted February 19, yielded the result. 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