Information reaching us has it that the Special Forces of the United States Marines on Friday sited the over 234 school girls that were abducted on April 14 from Government Girls’ Secondary School, GGSS, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram sect.
The abducted girls were part of the 250 students boarded at the school for the West African School Certificate, WASC/ Senior Secondary School Certificate, SSSC, examinations.
The incident which has triggered world-wide condemnations, led to the arrival of US military officials in Nigeria yesterday to join local officials in the search and rescue of the girls.
The UK team had earlier arrived in Abuja to support Nigerian government in its response to the abduction of the school girls.
The arrival of the foreign troops is coming on the heels of the appeal yesterday by the former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar for Nigerians to unite and fight the insurgents to achieve success.
According to Kerry, “Our inter-agency team is hitting the ground in Nigeria now and they are going to be working with President Goodluck Jonathan’s government to do everything that we possibly can to return these girls”.
John Kirby, U.S. Navy Rear Admiral, who serves as Pentagon press secretary, was quoted as saying that the small team of seven would join advisers supporting local efforts to find the girls abducted over three weeks ago.
Kerry said the US team, working with the Nigerian government, would do everything possible to free the girls and everything possible to stop the atrocities of Boko Haram.
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