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Strong indications emerged on Wednesday that security experts from the United States of America may arrive in Abuja, today (Thursday) to help in the rescue of the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram in Borno State.
Impeccable sources at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport told one of our correspondents that the flight document indicating that the security team would be in Nigeria today had been tendered to the NAIA authorities.
The source, who noted that the government had stepped up its fight against terrorists, stated that delegates for the World Economic Forum had been guarded around the airport by both local and foreign security officials who were mostly in mufti.
Asked if he was sure that the security experts from the US would arrive
Nigeria today, our source said, “Yes, I will call you once they land at
the airport. The fight against terror in Nigeria is gathering momentum
and the information I have is that the security experts are likely to
come with an American flight. As of today (Wednesday), they (security
experts) have not arrived, those that we saw are delegates and officers
of the WEF.”
Investigations from military sources revealed that the United States
Special Forces expected to participate in the operation to find the
missing girls might be deployed from the United States Africa Command
under the leadership of Gen. David Rodriguez.
The source said that the US authorities could send in troops and
equipment from the US Drone Base in Niger, a neighbouring country, the
Gulf of Guinea, and other bases in Africa. The source said that the
Africom Command established to deal with such issues on behalf of the US
would deploy the personnel, additional equipment required for the
sensitive operation could come from the homeland.
“The President waited for so long; now he wants results; you know that
there are problems within us; this is a difficult operation; you need
equipment.
“You think that the Americans are coming in next week? Who says so? They
have all the elements in the various bases they have in Africa. They
can do their deployment in hours
“Remember, they have a drone base in Niger, they have a base in the Gulf
of Guinea, and the sea of Somalia, they have the relevant equipment,
the technology and they are motivated.”
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