Dapchi

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Dapchi is a town in Yobe State, northeast Nigeria. It is 75 kilometres south of the border with Niger.

Dapchi is located in Nigeria
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Position of Dapchi in Nigeria.

12°30′N 11°30′E

History

On 19 February 2018, 110 girls were kidnapped from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi by Boko Haram insurgents.[1] On 21 March 2018, 101 of the girls were dropped back to the town.[2]

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