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- The Nigerian government received a commitment from the British government to deploy its intelligence gathering resources in support of Nigeria’s security.
- Jonathan thanked Mr Cameron, the British government and people for their concern over the fate of the abducted girls to provide concrete assistance.
- Mr Cameron had earlier told the British parliament that he would speak with the Nigerian president to discuss how Britain can assist Nigeria in rescuing the abducted girls.
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The Nigerian government on Wednesday received a commitment from the British government to deploy its intelligence gathering resources in support of Nigeria’s security agencies currently engaged in the search and rescue of the over 200 girls abducted from a secondary school in Chibok, Borno State.
A statement by the spokesman for President Jonathan, Reuben Abati, said that President Goodluck Jonathan, in a telephone conversation with the British Prime Minister, Mr David Cameron, asked and received a promise of the deployment of British satellite imaging capabilities and other advanced tracking technologies in support of the ongoing effort.
President Jonathan thanked Mr Cameron, the British government and people for their concern over the fate of the abducted girls and their willingness to provide concrete assistance to save the girls from the terrorists who seized them from their school on April 14.
“Pure Evil”
He told the Prime Minister that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs would liaise with the British government through its high commission in Nigeria to work out practical details of the promised support and collaboration against terrorism.
Mr Cameron had earlier told the British parliament that he would speak with the Nigerian president to discuss how Britain can assist Nigeria in rescuing the girls abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok.
He had described the abduction of girls as spoils of terrorism as “pure evil” and stressed the need for world nations to come together in the fight against terrorism.
The peoples’ republic of china has also offered to assist in the effort to rescue the abducted girls.
In talks with President Jonathan earlier on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Premier Li Keqiang promised that his country would make any useful information acquired by its satellites and intelligence services available to Nigeria’s security agencies.
Mr Keqiang assured the President that china would support Nigeria’s fight against terrorism in every possible way, including the training of military personnel for anti-insurgency operations.
The abduction of the girl had triggered protests and drew condemnation from celebrities, groups and governments around the world, with a “Bring Back Our Girl” demand from the Nigerian government and other world leaders.
President Barack Obama had also condemned the abduction,describing it as a terrible and heart breaking situation and sought global action against the Boko Haram sect.
The US government had also sent in Military experts to help rescue the girls abducted by members of the sect.
“Boko Haram, the terrorist organisation, has been operating in Nigeria, killing people and innocent civilians for a very long time,” Obama said.
The group had been terrorising villages in the north east and had of recent carried out two bomb attacks in Nyanya area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, raising security concerns ahead of the ongoing World Economic Forum on Africa holding in Abuja.
Participants from over 80 countries are attending the event that is offering Nigeria an opportunity to woo more investors into Africa’s largest economy.
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