UK, US join search for abducted schoolgirls

OBritain and the United States of America have joined the search for the 234 schoolgirls abducted from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno, by the Boko Haram sect, The girls were kidnapped in their hostel on April 14 after members of the sect, pretending to be soldiers, lured the pupils away from their hostel before setting it ablaze.

The military had initially claimed that it had rescued all but 18 of the girls but the school principal, Asabe Kwabura, debunked the statement. On Friday, British Foreign Secretary, William Hague, said his country had begun talks with Nigeria over the incident.

It was further gathered on Friday that the Federal Government had also enlisted the intelligence services of the United States in the search for the abducted pupils.A competent security source said the Federal Government would rely on the higher technology of the US and UK to facilitate the search for the missing girls.