President Goodluck Jonathan on Tuesday accepted the offer of President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama, to assist Nigerian troops towards rescuing the abducted 234 secondary school girls in Chibok, Borno State.
Disclosing this to State House correspondents, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Dr. Reuben Abati, said that Jonathan accepted the offer through phone call conversation with United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry.
The statement reads: “President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Tuesday welcomed and accepted a definite offer of help from the United States of America in the ongoing effort to locate and rescue the girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok three weeks ago.”
“The offer from President Barack Obama which was conveyed to President Jonathan by the United States Secretary of State, Mr. John Kerry in a telephone conversation which began at 15.30 Hours today, includes the deployment of U.S. security personnel and assets to work with their Nigerian counterparts in the search and rescue operation.”
“Mr. Kerry assured President Jonathan that the United States’ is wholly committed to giving Nigeria all required support and assistance to save the abducted girls and bring the reign of terror unleashed on parts of the country by Boko Haram to an end.”
“Thanking Mr. Kerry for the call and offer of further assistance, President Jonathan told him that Nigeria’s security agencies who were already working at full capacity to find and rescue the abducted girls would appreciate the deployment of American counter-insurgency know-how and expertise in support of their efforts.”
He also disclosed that President Jonathan after speaking with the United States Secretary of State met with the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs and heads of national security agencies in continuation of the national efforts to find and rescue the abducted girls.
At the meeting, he said that the President received updates on the ongoing search and rescue effort and gave approval for recommended further actions.
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