Chibok abduction: US deploys surveillance aircraft over Nigeria to find missing school girls

                      

                           

As part of its effort to facilitate the release of the kidnapped Chibok schoolgirls, the United States has deployed surveillance aircraft across Nigeria.
This was made known by a Senior Administration Official to President Barak Obama on Monday.
According to the report, Washington has sent military, law-enforcement and development experts to Nigeria to help search for the missing girls who were whisked away by the Boko Haram sect on April 14.
“We have shared commercial satellite imagery with Nigeria and are flying manned ISR (intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance) assets over Nigeria with the government’s permission,” the U.S. official said.
State Department spokeswoman, Jen Psaki disclosed on Monday while briefing newsmen that the U.S. was providing intelligence, surveillance and reconnassance support. She said U.S. teams on ground “are digging in on the search and coordinating closely with the Nigerian government as well as international partners and allies.”
Reuters reports that the United States was also considering deploying unmanned, drone aircraft to aid the search.
One of the U.S. officials told the media that the United States had been carrying out the manned surveillance flights “for a few days” but did not elaborate.