The Office of the former President Dr. Goodluck Jonathan has debunked
\nclaims that the last administration rejected an offer made by British
\nforces to rescue the kidnapped Chibok school girls.<\/p>\n
Below is a statement issued by Media Adviser to the Ex-President, Mr.
\nIkechukwu Eze:<\/p>\n
Our attention has been drawn to a report that has been trending,
\nwithout proper attribution, to the effect that the last administration
\nrebuffed British offer to rescue the kidnapped Chibok school girls.<\/p>\n
We wish to promptly point out that nothing can be further from the
\ntruth, as Nigerians are conversant with the effort made by the
\nJonathan administration towards rescuing the Chibok girls, especially
\nin relation to collaborating with the international community, in the
\nbid.<\/p>\n
We can confidently say that the lies in this report are self evident.
\nThis is because the international press as well as the Nigeria media
\nactively covered the multinational efforts and collaboration which
\ninvolved some of the major powers deploying their crack intelligence
\nofficers to work with our own security operatives, and those of our
\nneighbours.<\/p>\n
In the course of the mission, the international team, including
\nmembers from Nigeria\u2019s neighbours of Chad, Niger and Cameroun, met
\nregularly with our own intelligence officers to plan and conduct their
\noperations.<\/p>\n
In fact, the Jonathan administration was so genuinely supportive that
\nthe foreign powers involved were granted permission to overfly our
\nairspace, while conducting the search and rescue missions.<\/p>\n
We would wish to recall that this collaboration was made possible
\nfollowing letters personally written by former President Jonathan to
\nPresident Barack Obama of the United States, President Francois
\nHollande of France, Mr. David Cameron, the former Prime Minister of
\nthe United Kingdom, as well as personal contacts made to the
\nGovernments of Israel and China, seeking their assistance in the
\nsearch for the abducted Chibok girls.<\/p>\n
We are however not surprised that this kind of concocted story is
\ncoming out at this point in time, as it appears that some people who
\nhave obviously been playing politics with the issue of the Chibok
\ngirls will stop at nothing to further their interest.<\/p>\n
Again we ask the newspapers to always cross-check their facts before
\nrushing to publish false information, especially when being spread by
\nthose who want to unfairly promote their own pride, against our own
\nnational interest.<\/p>\n
Ikechukwu Eze<\/p>\n
Media Adviser to Dr. Goodluck Jonathan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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