Chibok Girls: Jonathan never rejected help to rescue abducted girls - UK

Goodluck Jonathan

The United Kingdom has discredited the news that the former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Jonathan rejected the offer to rescue the abducted Chibok Girls.

The refutation was publicly made by the British High Commission in Abuja, yesterday, March 7, 2017, through an official statement.

The British High Commission said the claim that the British Royal Armed Force was around Sambisa for some months and was able to locate the girls within weeks, but the then Nigeria administration rejected its offer to rescue the girls, ‘was false’.

The statement said “a more cordial, collaborative and unified approach between Nigeria and her allies than the reported differences was used”.

“UK worked with the US and France to provide a range of military and intelligence support to the Nigerian government in their search (for the Chibok girls), and in fact, a wider effort to address the longer term challenge of terrorism.

“But importantly, we won’t comment on specific additional details, which is a matter for the Nigerian government and the military.”

The United Kingdom’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations Security Council, Ambassador Mathew Rycroft, said the allegation are not true.

“The British High Commissioner briefed me on that today (Monday) and said that the allegations are not true,” he said.