Abducted schoolgirls: Defence Headquarters denies arrest by foreign military allies

Contrary to re­ports by a section of the media that Ni­geria’s foreign military allies in the ongoing effort to rescue the ab­ducted girls of Chibok Government College, Borno by Boko Haram insurgents, the na­tion’s military authori­ties have said no ar­rest has been made.
This was contained in statement by the Joint In­formation Centre Counter Terrorism Campaign. The statement signed by Direc­tor, Defence Information, Major General Chris Olu­kolade said the pictures be­ing circulated in support of the claim in the story were in no way related to the situation in the country.
“Contrary to the reports and the pictures being circulated to illustrate the claims, there has been no incident or record as re­ported. The pictures being circulated to illustrate the claims in the story are not related to the situation in Nigeria as they were taken from scenes in other coun­tries.
“Indeed, no troop of the American Marines has so far been deployed in any part of Nigeria as is being circulated in certain me­dia.
“International coali­tion is quite appropriate in handling terrorism being a trans-border and global crime. The public will be duly briefed on the areas of collaboration with al­lied forces in the mission to bring back our girls as the need arises. There is therefore no need to en­gage in misleading specu­lations while the mission is in progress,” the state­ment read..