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The United States government through its Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Samantha Jane Power, yesterday, said that it provided Nigeria every information and intelligence needed to rescue the over 200 missing girls abducted from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.
This came as the federal government reiterated its commitment to find the girls, saying it remained its priority.
Power, while fielding questions from State House Correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari during a tour of the troubled spots in the North East of Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, stated that the US would not rest until the girls were rescued.
Power added that the recent video was actually a proof that the girls were still alive and to essentially enable the families of the girls engage with the government.
According to her: “The issue of the Chibok girls and other adaptations is of huge priority to the U.S. And it was the issue I discussed at length with President Buhari today.”
“We had moved to provide the information and intelligence needed to the Nigerian authorities. We have in recent months been able to allocate additional information sharing platforms and additional surveillance to aid the fight against Boko Haram.
“We will not rest. We will continue to deepen our partnership and be more effective without partners on the ground as we (US) are determined to support Nigeria and other neighboring countries’ efforts to secure more rescues of abducted people and releases in the days and weeks ahead”.
This came as the federal government reiterated its commitment to find the girls, saying it remained its priority.
Power, while fielding questions from State House Correspondents after a private meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari during a tour of the troubled spots in the North East of Nigeria, Cameroon and Chad, stated that the US would not rest until the girls were rescued.
Power added that the recent video was actually a proof that the girls were still alive and to essentially enable the families of the girls engage with the government.
According to her: “The issue of the Chibok girls and other adaptations is of huge priority to the U.S. And it was the issue I discussed at length with President Buhari today.”
“We had moved to provide the information and intelligence needed to the Nigerian authorities. We have in recent months been able to allocate additional information sharing platforms and additional surveillance to aid the fight against Boko Haram.
“We will not rest. We will continue to deepen our partnership and be more effective without partners on the ground as we (US) are determined to support Nigeria and other neighboring countries’ efforts to secure more rescues of abducted people and releases in the days and weeks ahead”.
