President Goodluck Jonathan has accepted the offer by Israeli Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu to send a team of Israeli counter-terrorism experts to assist in the ongoing search and rescue operations for the abducted Chibok girls.
Special Adviser to President on Media and Publicity, Dr Reuben Abati in a statement confirmed that Netanyahu made the offer in a telephone conversation with President Jonathan on Sunday afternoon to convey his country’s sympathy and solidarity with Nigeria.
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 according to Abati 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.
The Isreali PM reaffirmed Israel’s willingness to give the government and people of Nigeria all possible support and assistance to overcome terrorism and insecurity.
President Jonathan said 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.
