Gaidam lauds Ganduje on Dapchi efforts

By Bashir Mohammed
Kano

Impressed by the concern shown by the Kano state Governor, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, as the first governor that visited Damaturu, the Yobe state capital, to sympathise with the government and the people of Yobe over the Government Girls Technical College, Dapch abduction, Governor Ibrahim Gaidam has commended Ganduje for “strengthening the relationship of both states.”
Receiving Ganduje at the Government House, Damaturu, Gaidam with his cabinet members, and others noted that the relationship between the two states started waxing stronger when Ganduje assumed the mantle of leadership in Kano.
“We are extremely happy being the first governor in Nigeria who came to sympathise with us over the ugly and unwarranted incident. Extend our sincere gratitude to the government and people of Kano state. This, indeed, is a show of brotherhood,” he said.
The governor said out of the total number of girls that ran helter-skelter, it was 84 that were missing which, according to him, does not necessarily mean all of them they were kidnapped.
“Among those that were missing some might have run to back to their families deciding not to return back to school because they were highly scared and may be traumatised. And some could still be in the bushes.”
Governor Gaidam further disclosed that they had just received an information that three girls were seen at their various homes, stressing an argument that all those that were missing could not necessarily be kidnapped.
“Thank you Your Excellency, the Kano state governor for your continued prayer and support. We shall keep on praying.”
Earlier, in his address, Ganduje said “we are here to offer prayers on the unfortunate incidents here few days back where a school in Dapchi was faced with an attack of insurgents.”
“What has just happened is re-awakening our minds that we should always be extra vigilant. In this situation both parents and children are in trauma, while children are also missing their classes.
“We are brothers and sisters that is why we thought we must come and sympathise with you. Thank you Your Excellency for receiving us, though we informed you at a very late hour.”

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