A joint team of top Nigerian military personnel and intelligence gathering experts from USA, UK, and France had their first meeting on Saturday in order to map out strategies for retrieving the missing girls who were abducted by Boko Haram on April 14th.
The meeting was attended by National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah’ Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; and Chief of Air Staff, AVM Adesola Nunayon Amosu.
Sources disclosed that the meeting centered around the delicate mission that would be required in order to retrieve the missing girls from their abductors.
The source stated, “The important thing is that with the meeting, they have taken off and they have started well.”
“They recognised the fact that there is an Army on the ground that has been working. The process would be swift, precise and that hostage rescue remains the most delicate of military operations which required a lot of caution because of the issue of the human life involved.”
He said, “One thing is that even before their coming, there has been a lot of intelligence gathering. Such collaboration has been ongoing.
“With the new development, there will be more intensive intelligence gathering; more sophisticated intelligence equipment like drones and remote sensors would be used.
“High-tech remote sensors that can penetrate buildings, differentiate between adults and children would be deployed. The troops are coming with high technological equipment.
“On the ground here in Nigeria, they have not started operations, but it would be very soon. I can say next week (this week).”
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