Dapchi
{{Use Nigerian English|date=January 2023}}
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Dapchi is a town in Yobe State, northeast Nigeria. It is 75 kilometres south of the border with Niger.
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History
{{Main|Dapchi schoolgirls kidnapping}}
On 19 February 2018, 110 girls were kidnapped from the Government Science and Technical College in Dapchi by Boko Haram insurgents.{{cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-nigeria-security/nigeria-says-110-girls-unaccounted-for-after-boko-haram-attack-idUSKCN1G90Q3 |publisher=Reuters |title=Nigeria says 110 girls unaccounted for after Boko Haram attack |first=Felix |last=Onuah |date=February 25, 2018 |first2=Alexis |last2=Akwagyiram |editor-first=William |editor-last=Maclean}} On 21 March 2018, 101 of the girls were dropped back to the town.{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-43484146|title=Kidnapped schoolgirls freed in Nigeria|date=2018-03-21|work=BBC News|access-date=2018-03-21|language=en-GB}}