The US government has offered to assist Nigeria locate and rescue the girls from the Government Girls Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, abducted three weeks ago in by suspected members of the Boko Haram sect.
Accepting the offer on Tuesday, President Goodluck Jonathan said Nigeria would appreciate any support that would be given in ending the insurgency in Nigeria's north east, reiterating a statement he made during a media chat on Sunday.
A statement by a spokesman for the president, Ruben Abati, said President Jonathan welcomed and accepted the offer.
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