President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
said Sunday in Abuja that he was very optimistic that with the entire
international community deploying its considerable military and
intelligence-gathering skills and assets in support of Nigeria’s efforts to
find and rescue the abducted Chibok girls, success will soon be achieved.
Speaking in a telephone conversation
with the Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu who called this
afternoon to convey his country’s sympathy and solidarity with Nigeria,
President Jonathan welcomed the offer by Mr. Netanyahu to send a team of
Israeli counter-terrorism experts to assist in the ongoing search and rescue
operations.
The President briefed Mr. Netanyahu
on actions already being taken by Nigeria’s armed forces and security agencies
to locate and rescue the girls, saying that Nigeria would be pleased to have
Israel’s globally-acknowledged anti-terrorism expertise deployed to support its
ongoing operations.
Mr. Netanyahu who expressed Israel’s
total condemnation of the mass abductions, said that the team of experts from
his country who will soon arrive in Nigeria, will work in collaboration with
teams from the United States and Britain who are already in the country and
their Nigerian counterparts to intensify the search for the girls.
He reaffirmed Israel’s willingness
to give the government and people of Nigeria all possible support and
assistance to overcome terrorism and insecurity.
Reuben Abati
Special Adviser to the President
(Media & Publicity)
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