The General Advisor, British Military Advisory and Training
Team (BMATT) in Nigeria, Major Ian Robertson, has said they would be
willing to assist in the rescue of students from Government Girls
Secondary School (GGSS), Dapchi in Yobe State, who were reportedly
abducted by suspected Boko Haram insurgents.
Speaking on Friday at a forum organized by Partners West
Africa-Nigeria on prioritising the voices of women in security
organisations based on National Action Plan on Women (2017-2020),
Robertson revealed his team was monitoring the situation closely.
He also expressed worries that schoolgirls have become soft targets for insurgents.
“Having heard about this particular issue recently, I am still trying
to get more information about what is going on, but it is clearly very
disappointing that something like this has happened, that the girls have
been taken.
“But let me reassure you, from the British military perspective, that
we are monitoring the event quite closely and we are cooperating with
the armed forces of Nigeria to see how we can assist,” Rob
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