The Borno State Governor, Kashim Shettima has ordered the closing down of all female boarding schools in 25 out of the 27 Local Government Areas of the state to forestall future abduction of school girls by Boko Haram militants.

Speaking to journalists on the measures put in place by the state government to prevent a recurrence of the Chibok and Dapchi incidences, the Borno State Commissioner for Education, Comrade Inuwa Kubo said all female boarding schools in the state except those in Maiduguri and Biu had been closed.

“We have decided to relocate all our girls in boarding schools within Maiduguri or Biu because we do not want a reoccurrence of the Chibok case.

“If the entire society situation is not addressed, one cannot be sure what could happen. If people start seeing that over time there is no more attack, they will know that peace has returned.

“But in a situation where you cannot move to some parts of the state without an escort and you are hearing that in some cases soldiers are being ambushed, do you deceive yourself and say everything is okay?

“We cannot allow them to continue to remain in boarding schools where the security is porous. We have to relocate the girls to boarding schools within the metropolis and we equally took proactive steps on the male boarding schools,” Kubo said.

He applauded the police for deploying their men to schools within the state and urged them to sustain the tempo to quell the emotions and apprehension raised by the recent abduction of the Dapchi girls.