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FG to set up committee to probe the abduction of 110 Yobe students

The fact-finding panel will be chaired by a military officer of the rank of Major-General.

According to Sahara Reporters, the committee will be inaugurated on Wednesday, February 28, 2018.

On February 19, 2018, the terror group Boko Haram stormed the school and whisked the girls away.

A statement issued in Abuja on Tuesday by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed said the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno set up the committee.

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Other members of the panel include senior provost each from the Nigerian Army, the Nigerian Navy and the Nigerian Air Force; representatives of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA); Nigeria Police Force (NPF); Department of State Services (DSS); Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC); two representatives of the Yobe State Government.

Some of the job descriptions of the committee include ascertaining the circumstances surrounding the abduction of the girls, confirming the presence, composition, scale and disposition of security in place in Dapchi as well as in GGSTC before the incident and suggesting measures that can lead to the location and rescue of the girls.

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