The United States has deployed troops to join the search for the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by the extremist Boko Haram sect in Chibok, Borno State on April 15. President Barack Obama has notified the Congress of the deployment of 80 military personnel, who will be based in Chad, Nigeria’s northern neighbour. Their mission is to help locate the kidnapped girls.
Obama has sent a letter to House Speaker John Boehner and to the Senate, notifying lawmakers about the steps underway to assist in the return of the abducted girls.
