Read jonathan speech from the state house below
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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