Dapchi Girls: IYC expresses mixed feelings, calls for probe into kidnap, release

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*Some of the released Dapchi school girls

(Nigeria) Ijaw Youth Council, IYC, has expressed mixed feelings over the kidnap and release of the  Dapchi school girls, noting that the whole incident raised too many questions.
President of the body, Mr Eric Omare yesterday in Warri, Delta state  also called for the immediate constitution of a judicial commission of inquiry to investigate issues around why no member of Boko  Haram was arrested at the time of release and kidnap of the school girls and other burning questions around the incident begging for answers.
He aslso expressed joy for  the release of the kidnapped girls.
Omare said, “The IYC worldwide received with mixed feelings the release of the Dapchi kidnapped school girls. While we express joy with the families of the released school girls; we wish to state clearly that the way and manner in which the school girls were allegedly released by suspected Boko Haram members call to question the intention behind the whole incident.
“IYC is of the view that it is questionable for Boko Haram members to boldly drive into Daphci in the early hours of the day and released the kidnapped girls to the community members. If we may ask, where were the security agencies when the Boko Haram members arrived Dapchi? How many of the Boko Haram members who kidnapped the girls were arrested when they arrived Dapchi?
“The entire kidnapped incident raises a lot of question which the federal government need to provide answers to. The IYC therefore call for the setting up of a judicial Commission of Inquiry to unravel the circumstances behind the kidnapped and released of the Dapchi girls.
“We also demand that all those who played one role or the other in the process should be arrested and made to face the law. We wish to warn that if drastic steps are not taken to nip in the bud this ungodly act; mass kidnap of people especially school girls would become the next most lucrative business in the northern part of the country and Nigeria at large."

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