Report: Western Intelligence Knew Location of Girls Boko Haram Kidnapped, Did Nothing

A high-ranking British official has revealed that Western intelligence agents were able to locate dozens of the nearly 300 Nigerian girls kidnapped by Boko Haram in April 2014 months after the abduction, but refused to act to save them, citing the danger of multiple deaths during a rescue attempt.

Former British high commissioner to Nigeria Andrew Pocock told The Sunday Times that it took mere months following the Boko Haram raid for British and American forces to locate the girls in the dense Sambisa Forest of northern Nigeria that Boko Haram used as an operating base.

He said:

A couple of months after the kidnapping, fly-bys and an American eye in the sky spotted a group of up to 80 girls in a particular spot in the Sambisa forest, around a very large tree, locally called the Tree of Life, along with evidence of vehicular movement and a large encampment.

At the time, the government of Nigeria had not officially requested international aid, limiting the action these groups could take. (Read more from “Report: Western Intelligence Knew Location of Girls Boko Haram Kidnapped, Did Nothing” HERE)

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