The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has told of how the Department of State Services (DSS) led the team of negotiators to demand for the release of the abducted students of Government Girls Science and Technical College (GGSTC) by terror group Boko Haram.

Director, Defence information, Brigadier-General John Agim, made this known in an interview while reacting to the role played by the military in the release of the girls by the terrorists early Wednesday morning.

Agim, who refused to go into details on the military contribution to the release of the girls, said in a text message that “The girls were released through negotiations led by the Department of State Services (DSS).”

Controversy had trailed the alleged withdrawal of soldiers deployed at Dapchi town a few days before the abduction, with the military claiming to have handed over the security of the town to the Police.

The Yobe State government had alleged that the sudden withdrawal of soldiers from the town was responsible for the attack and abduction of the girls.

But Army authorities through Colonel Onyema Nwachukwu, Deputy Director, Public Relations, Theatre Command Operation Lafiya Dole, refuted the allegation, describing it as “not only unfortunate, but also very far from the truth.”

Nwachukwu had in the statement said “In carrying out its mandate to counter terrorism and insurgency in north eastern Nigeria, Operation Lafiya Dole has been alive to its responsibilities vis-à-vis the fight against Boko Haram insurgents. Several communities and Local Governments that were hitherto under siege of the insurgents have been liberated and the insurgents pushed out. While troops continue to trail and decimate the remnants of the insurgents in the hinterlands, the security of the liberated communities and towns fall in the hands of the sister security agencies.”

However, in a swift reaction, Yobe State Police Commissioner Sumonu Abdulmaliki issued a statement saying the claim of a handover was “untrue, unfounded and misleading.”

He maintained that “there was no time that the military informed the police of their withdrawal, consulted or handed over their locations in Dapchi town to the police.”

madridguy:
Both the the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and Department of State Services (DSS) have failed Nigerians and God alone will judge you all. You released many top terrorists that took our gallant men months to capture and also compensate them with billions of naira.

You people should continue encouraging them by giving them large amount of funds to buy more weapons and recruiting more members at the detriment of our soldiers fighting with AK 47.

Homeboiy:
All I care is that some of the girls came back alive

madridguy:
Both the the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and Department of State Services (DSS) have failed Nigerians and God alone will judge you all. You released many top terrorists that took our gallant men months to capture and also compensate them with billions of naira.

You people should continue encouraging them by giving them large amount of funds to buy more weapons and recruiting more members at the detriment of our soldiers fighting with AK 47.

DeviIhimself:
[s][/s]
shatap stop defending the illiterate incompetent terrorist Buhari
just admit that Buhari is a failure and a terrorist
ohhh i remember you're a yeroba Muslim and you dare not speak bad of buhari it's against the caliphate.

Stop making it look like DSS or dhq act on their own without the commander in chief or are you telling me that Buhari is so dumb that his armed forces don't take orders from him anymore
hypocrite stop decieving yourself
oya say with me ; God will forever judge Buhari the illiterate terrorist for his incompetence

DeviIhimself:
[s][/s]
[s]shatap stop defending the illiterate incompetent terrorist Buhari
just admit that Buhari is a failure and a terrorist
ohhh i remember you're a yeroba Muslim and you dare not speak bad of buhari it's against the caliphate.

Stop making it look like DSS or dhq act on their own without the commander in chief or are you telling me that Buhari is so dumb that his armed forces don't take orders from him anymore
hypocrite stop decieving yourself
oya say with me ; God will forever judge Buhari the illite[/s]rate terrorist for his incompetence

madridguy:
Buhari is a criminal terrorist

Incompetent mofos.
They can't fetch info on how to eliminate the terrorists.

madridguy:
Both the the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) and Department of State Services (DSS) have failed Nigerians and God alone will judge you all. You released many top terrorists that took our gallant men months to capture and also compensate them with billions of naira.

You people should continue encouraging them by giving them large amount of funds to buy more weapons and recruiting more members at the detriment of our soldiers fighting with AK 47.