Jonathan rejected UK offer to rescue Chibok girls, says Guardian of London

Goodluck Jonathan

LAGOS—BUT for lack of response from immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan, the British Armed Forces, would have helped to rescue the 276 Chibok schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents in Borno State on April 14, 2014, the United Kingdom’s Guardian, has claimed, quoting the Observer. According to the newspaper, in a mission named ‘Operation Turus,’ the RAF conducted air reconnaissance over northern Nigeria for several months, following the kidnapping of 276 girls from the town of Chibok in April 2014.

Nigeria: 21 Chibok schoolgirls freed by Boko Haram reunite with parents

Twenty-one Chibok schoolgirls, who were freed after being kidnapped by the Islamist group Boko Haram for two-and-a-half years, reunited with their families on Sunday (16 October). The girls were hugged by their parents in an emotional reunion.