Military calls on farmers, fishermen to help search for abducted Dapchi schoolgirls

The militiary has urged local fishermen and farmers to join in the search for the missing Dapchi schoolgirls, Army boss has revealed.

Maj. Gen. Rogers Nicholas, the head of counter-insurgency operation in the North East (Operation Lafiya Dole), has said fishermen’s contribution to the search was necessary as ongoing search efforts have been futile thus far.

Nicholas said over 200 hours have been spent by crafts combing the Theatre for the schoolgirls.

He also said the National Security Adviser and Chief of Air Staff have arrived to add efforts to the ongoing search.

“What this means is that nobody is sitting down, sleeping over it. It means that the government is serious in rescuing these abducted girls. Primarily, that is why the NSA is here to see things for himself and add value to what we are doing,” he said.

“Having said that, the NSA has also introduced us to some locals — fishermen and farmers — who have very good knowledge of this terrain to work with us in terms of intelligence to contribute to the search efforts we are making.

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“The Nigerian Air Force has been airborne since the last three days and we will also declare additional platforms to do this exercise. As I speak, many areas have been covered, over 200 hours have been spent flying, combing the whole Theatre in search of the girls.

“Additionally the ground force are there in various places searching in various places identified.”