A United States Congressional Delegation on Sunday, revealed that US troops are ready to be deployed in the search for the over 234 female students that were abducted on April 14, from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, by Boko Haram sect members.
The US delegation Representatives which comprised Steve Stockman, Sheila Jackson-Lee, Frederica Wilson and Lois Frankel made this kenned at a news conference in Abuja.
Speaking at the Unity Fountain which was the venue of the conference, Stockman verbalized: “We get briefed by the military and pending the approbation of the regime of Nigeria and our regime, we orchestrate to take action but I don’t cerebrate we are going into specifics this time; it was a relegated briefing. We stand yare to avail and as soon as our regime and Nigerian regime approve, we will take action.”
Jackson-Lee on his component revealed that the United States is currently availing with the training of officials of the Nigerian Army.
“What I optate to verbally express is that I cerebrate what it is right now is to work with the Nigerian regime in training of the military. I optate to emphasise again here that we have come all these miles to verbally express that our Congress stands yare to cooperate with the regime in a manner that is opportune and with the consent of Nigerian regime. And I optate to emphasise the desideratum for the Victims Relief Fund because there is so much suffering going on by the puerile girls and the families that have been physically contacted by this violence” he verbalized.
She went further to call on the federal regime to endeavor to establish a National Victims Fund for victims of insurgency, integrating that such fund would be required for the rehabilitation of such people.
“Collectively, we bring a wide range of special cognizance to Nigeria and to fixate on a very consequential issue. We have emanate from the United States to fixate on bringing the girls back and to fixate on pacifying the violence of Boko Haram” Jackson-Lee verbalized. “So we come today with solution; we additionally come today in asking the North east and Nigeria to perpetuate to accept international avail and it is time to find a way to contain the Boko Haram and preserve the lives of so many.”
The delegates stressed the desideratum for emolument to all the victims who have suffered at the hands of Boko Haram, for the girls who are still missing, for the girls who eluded, for their families, for the father who verbalized about his missing daughter and the victims who have perished as well as their families.
“We thank President Obama and the United States Congress for its very keen interest on the question of bringing the girls back, and ceasing the horrific violence of Boko Haram,” Jackson-Lee verbalized, integrating that the decision shows unity about the crisis inflicted on the girls, women and their families, and went ahead to urge the Northeast and Borno State to stop the Boko Haram menace.
On his component, Stockman, who is the chairman of the humanitarian mission remarked that , they hope to join Nigeria in a comprehensive partnership to fight insurgency, and promised to join resolve the quandary, while Frederica Wilson, reiterated the United States stand with Nigeria in putting a terminus to terrorism. He described the Chibok girls abduction as “outrageous”
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