Members of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, were excited before commencement of the weekly meeting at the Council Chamber, Presidential Villa, Abuja, over the news of the release of 91 abducted school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State.
Cabinet members, who gathered ahead of the FEC, were seen clustering in small groups discussing the news of the release of the girls early hours of Wednesday from their abductors.
The release of the students is coming few hours after the Amnesty International (AI) alleged that the federal government-controlled security agencies got advanced warning but failed to prevent the abduction of schoolgirls in Dapchi, Yobe State
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, told State House correspondents that the directive by President Buhari to all security agencies to do everything possible to secure the release of the Dapchi schoolgirls has yielded fruits, with the confirmed release of 76 of the 110 abducted students in the early hours of Wednesday.
He said the number of the freed girls would be updated after the remaining ones have been documented, especially because the girls werenot handed over to anyone but dropped off in Dapchi.
Meanwhile, the President, Wednesday, dispatched three ministers to Dapchi to assess the true situation of events and come with updates on the development.
The ministers dispatched by President Buhari are , Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, Khadijat Bukar Abba (Foreign Affairs, State) and Abdulrahman Dambazzau, Interior.
Fielding questions from journalists in the State House, Abuja, Information minister said contrary to initial information that 105 of the girls were released, it was actually 91 girls and a boy who were released by the insurgents.
