It was reported that Israel hinted President Goodluck about its decision
to send its counter-terrorism experts to joint its global counterparts in
Nigeria in the ongoing rescue operations of the school-girls abducted by the
Boko Haram Insurgents in Chibok, Borno State of Nigeria last month.
The offer was conveyed to the president by the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, in a phone conversation between the two leaders on Sunday.
According to a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President
on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati, in Abuja, Netanyahu called to convey
his country’s sympathy and solidarity with Nigeria.
After the call, Jonathan said he was 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 would soon be achieved.
The president welcomed the Israeli offer and briefed the Israeli PM 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.
The statement added that Netanyahu, who expressed Israel’s total
condemnation of the mass abduction, said the team of experts would soon arrive
in Nigeria and would work in collaboration with teams from the United States
and Britain, 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.
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