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At last, FG opens up on Chibok girls Confirms 276 abducted, 219 still missing Orders proprietors to secure school premises Berates Borno Senator over attitude Clement Nwoji, Abuja
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controversies over the actual number, and doubts on whether or not school girls were abducted from the Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, were yesterday put to rest as the Presidential Fact-Finding accounted for till date. The committee, which said “there was mass abduction on the night ! " # $ % # Boko Haram members disguised in military uniform took away their classmates. These revelations came just as President Goodluck Jonathan directed school owners at all levels to enlist the services security agencies (police or soldiers) to secure the premises if they wish to keep students in schools. President Jonathan constituted the committee headed by Brigadier& ' !* + / 0 >>Continued on Page 2
President Goodluck Jonathan (l), receiving the report of the Presidential Fact-Finding Committee on the abducted female students of Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, from the Chairman of the committee, Brig.-Gen. Sabo PHOTO: NAN Ibrahim (rtd), at the Presidential Villa in Abuja...yesterday.
Massive security as Ekiti elects governor today Raphael Adeyanju, Ado-Ekiti
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kiti State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), yesterday, urged the electorate not to be scared of turning out to vote in today’s governorship poll, assuring that the heavy security presence would ensure peaceful conduct of the exercise. The PDP was reacting to reports on fears expressed by some residents over the
NLC frowns massive presence of security personnel in the state for the election. Ekiti State Chairman of the PDP, Chief Makunjuola Ogundipe, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone chat that there was no reason for any law-abiding voter to be afraid. “Any voter without sinister reason has no need to be
INEC deploys 8,433 staff afraid. We do not need people Ekiti and cause problems. The security presence will ensure that Ekiti residents vote for the candidate of their choice at the poll and not outsiders,� he said. Ogundipe noted that the security personnel in Ekiti were not in the state to molest voters but to ensure that there is
no breakdown of law and order during and after the poll. “We appeal to all registered voters to come out en masse and cast their votes,� he said. The PDP chairman, who reiterated the party’s belief in ensuring that every vote counts, urged members to maintain peace during the exercise.