According
to both leaders, they want all African leaders to intensify efforts
aimed at the eradication of Boko Haram and other terrorist groups in the
continent.
This plea was made in a communiqué issued at the end of President Jonathan’s visit to Oyo, for consultations on regional security ahead of the Thursday’s meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council in the Congolese town.
The two leaders reiterated their condemnation of the kidnap of secondary school girls from Chibok in Borno State, norther Nigeria and asked for an unconditional release of the schoolgirls and others being held against their will by the Boko Haram sects.
While thanking the international community for their support on Nigeria’s efforts to locate and rescue the abducted girls, both leaders urged the global community to remain united and steadfast in its rejection of all forms of terrorism.
* President Jonatha, left, and President Denis Sassou N’guesso of Republic of Congo
Both Presidents also expressed their support for all initiatives aimed at restoring peace and normalcy to the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They also welcomed the ceasefire agreement in South Sudan and urged both parties to the conflict to respect the commitments they made in Addis Ababa on 9 May.
Before departing to Abuja, President Jonathan received the outgoing High Commissioner of Gambia in Nigeria, Mrs. Angela Colley-Iheme at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.
It could be recalled that over 200 schoolgirls are still being abducted by terrorists in northern Nigeria after they were kidnapped from their school compound on 14 April, 2014.
Few days ago, leader of the terror group, Abubakar Shekau, via a video he posted online, said they would only let go of the teenagers in an exchange for some of their 'brethren' in Nigerian prisons.
On Tuesday, the Nigerian government said they are ready to negotiate with the militant group on how to exchange the schoolgirls with some prisoners.
However, the US government has advised their Nigerian counterpart not to yield to the demand of Boko Haram, pledging to assist Nigeria to rescue the missing girls.
Already, the US government and other countries such as China, France and Canada have already sent in some of their intelligence resources to Nigeria to assist in rescuing the abducted schoolgirls.
This plea was made in a communiqué issued at the end of President Jonathan’s visit to Oyo, for consultations on regional security ahead of the Thursday’s meeting of the African Union’s Peace and Security Council in the Congolese town.
The two leaders reiterated their condemnation of the kidnap of secondary school girls from Chibok in Borno State, norther Nigeria and asked for an unconditional release of the schoolgirls and others being held against their will by the Boko Haram sects.
While thanking the international community for their support on Nigeria’s efforts to locate and rescue the abducted girls, both leaders urged the global community to remain united and steadfast in its rejection of all forms of terrorism.
* President Jonatha, left, and President Denis Sassou N’guesso of Republic of Congo
Both Presidents also expressed their support for all initiatives aimed at restoring peace and normalcy to the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
They also welcomed the ceasefire agreement in South Sudan and urged both parties to the conflict to respect the commitments they made in Addis Ababa on 9 May.
Before departing to Abuja, President Jonathan received the outgoing High Commissioner of Gambia in Nigeria, Mrs. Angela Colley-Iheme at the Presidential Villa on Tuesday.
It could be recalled that over 200 schoolgirls are still being abducted by terrorists in northern Nigeria after they were kidnapped from their school compound on 14 April, 2014.
Few days ago, leader of the terror group, Abubakar Shekau, via a video he posted online, said they would only let go of the teenagers in an exchange for some of their 'brethren' in Nigerian prisons.
On Tuesday, the Nigerian government said they are ready to negotiate with the militant group on how to exchange the schoolgirls with some prisoners.
However, the US government has advised their Nigerian counterpart not to yield to the demand of Boko Haram, pledging to assist Nigeria to rescue the missing girls.
Already, the US government and other countries such as China, France and Canada have already sent in some of their intelligence resources to Nigeria to assist in rescuing the abducted schoolgirls.
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