Cameron to Jonathan: Britain Ready for Anything
11 May 2014 By Abi Giwa
Cameron
British Prime Minister, David Cameron said he had told President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria to ask for any type of assistance Nigeria requires. What is wrong with Nigeria requiring full Britain's military soldiers on Nigerian soil in the fight against Boko Haram's menace in the face of Boko-Haram's threat to the country?
But Both leaders were reported to have agreed for Britain to send counter terrorism and intelligence experts to work alongside bigger United States' team already on the ground in Nigeria. "I rang the Nigerian president to offer anything that would be helpful and we agreed to send out a team that includes some counter-terrorism and intelligence experts to work alongside the bigger American team that's going out there." Cameron told the BBC. And added, "We stand ready to do anything more that the Nigerians would want."
Cameron said it was unlikely Nigeria would ask for British troops to help but added: "I said to President Jonathan where we can help, please ask, and we will see what we can do."
It will be recalled that when the Islamists were almost submerging Mali in West Africa, the French Army put their boot on the ground against the religion fundamentalist. At that time, The French president Francois Hollande was hailed as a hero of the Malian nation. People said France went and saved mali, because France was the colonial master to Mali just as britain was colonial master to Nigeria. Some other said at the time that there was a pre-existing military and security agreement between France and Mail.
Virtually none of the countries that have expressed readiness to help Nigeria in the search for the girls who have been abducted by the terrorists have any desire of putting their boot on the ground in Nigeria. Even Britain's Cameron has not expressly said his country is ready to put the boot on the ground in Nigeria, except that he has given the Nigerian leadership an open check to ask for anything.
American Congress men and women are divided about having American boots on the ground in Nigeria. However, there is total agreement by all and sundry to help Nigeria return the abducted girls to their parents and American terrorism experts are already on the ground in Nigeria for that reason.
Observers agree that it would be dangerous for the safety of abducted girls to contemplate any forceful attack on Boko-Haram at this time that the girls are in its custody, and that it makes sense that the Nigerian authority has not asked for immediate international military expedition against the terrorists. But that since Britain expressed desire to help in hunting for abducted girls and that it is ready to do anything to help Nigeria, there is nothing stopping Nigeria to ask for Britain's military full military engagement alongside Nigeria's military to uproot Boko-Haram from the Sambisa forest.
But Both leaders were reported to have agreed for Britain to send counter terrorism and intelligence experts to work alongside bigger United States' team already on the ground in Nigeria. "I rang the Nigerian president to offer anything that would be helpful and we agreed to send out a team that includes some counter-terrorism and intelligence experts to work alongside the bigger American team that's going out there." Cameron told the BBC. And added, "We stand ready to do anything more that the Nigerians would want."
Cameron said it was unlikely Nigeria would ask for British troops to help but added: "I said to President Jonathan where we can help, please ask, and we will see what we can do."
It will be recalled that when the Islamists were almost submerging Mali in West Africa, the French Army put their boot on the ground against the religion fundamentalist. At that time, The French president Francois Hollande was hailed as a hero of the Malian nation. People said France went and saved mali, because France was the colonial master to Mali just as britain was colonial master to Nigeria. Some other said at the time that there was a pre-existing military and security agreement between France and Mail.
Virtually none of the countries that have expressed readiness to help Nigeria in the search for the girls who have been abducted by the terrorists have any desire of putting their boot on the ground in Nigeria. Even Britain's Cameron has not expressly said his country is ready to put the boot on the ground in Nigeria, except that he has given the Nigerian leadership an open check to ask for anything.
American Congress men and women are divided about having American boots on the ground in Nigeria. However, there is total agreement by all and sundry to help Nigeria return the abducted girls to their parents and American terrorism experts are already on the ground in Nigeria for that reason.
Observers agree that it would be dangerous for the safety of abducted girls to contemplate any forceful attack on Boko-Haram at this time that the girls are in its custody, and that it makes sense that the Nigerian authority has not asked for immediate international military expedition against the terrorists. But that since Britain expressed desire to help in hunting for abducted girls and that it is ready to do anything to help Nigeria, there is nothing stopping Nigeria to ask for Britain's military full military engagement alongside Nigeria's military to uproot Boko-Haram from the Sambisa forest.
