In Nigeria, Another Mass Kidnapping Stirs Painful Memories and Anger
" Mr. Gombe said, "is how the government has handled the situation." Some parents of the missing Dapchi girls said they were forming an organization similar to
that of the Chibok parents’ Bring Back Our Girls, to advocate their own daughters’ release. that What people are most angry with,
Chibok said that Not even our 112 Chibok Girls would imagine ANY more Daughters of Nigeria would be FAILED AGAIN,
We are sorry that this could have happened and share your pain." Government officials have pointed out
that after girls were stolen in Chibok, the administration of Nigeria’s president at the time, Goodluck Jonathan, waited more than two weeks to acknowledge the kidnapping, a delay they said allowed militants to flee with the girls.
President Muhammadu Buhari, who campaigned in 2015 on pledges to find the Chibok students, said on Friday
that as soon as he heard about the Dapchi attack, he had deployed security forces with instructions to "not spare any effort to ensure all the girls are returned safely." "The entire country stands as one with the girls’ families," Mr. Buhari said in a statement.
Confusion has surrounded the events in Dapchi, said Lai Mohammed, the minister of information,
because dozens of girls ran into hiding and have been slowly trickling back to the school.
As many as 110 girls have been missing since Monday, when armed militants stormed the school.