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Three foreign countries, Britain, China and Canada have concluded plans to deploy their intelligence gathering equipment, including Satellite Imaging and advanced tracking systems, to assist Nigeria’s security agencies in the search and rescue operation for the abducted schoolgirls.
Presidential spokesman Dr Reuben Abati said Britain’s offer in this regard came following a request made and received on phone by President Goodluck Jonathan to British prime minister Mr David Cameron “in furtherance of efforts by the federal government to locate and rescue the girls abducted from the Government Girls’ Secondary School, Chibok”.
Abati noted in a statement that the People’s Republic of China had earlier offered to assist Nigeria inits bid rescue the abducted girls. China’s offer of assistance goes beyond rescuing the schoolgirls to include the fight against terror in the country.
Meanwhile, the number of girls taken in the latest kidnapping by Boko Haram terrorists in Gwoza local government area of Borno state has risen to 11, a local official told the AFP.
Residents said that gunmen stormed the Warabe village in the Gwoza area of Borno State late Sunday and abducted eight girls. Speaking to AFP, a resident of the attacked village, Hamba Tada, confirmed the Warabe attack and said:
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