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 for the school girls abducted from their school
dormitory on April 14 2014 in chibok, Borno state.
This offer was made verbally via the phone sunday afternoon, the isreali Prime Minister, Mr. Benjamin Netanyahu had called to convey his country’s sympathy and solidarity with Nigeria and offered anti-terrorism assistance.
Abati said, "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 the 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."
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