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,” Robertson said.
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