Republicis ready to share its anti-terrorism know-how with Nigeria to secure the release of nearly 300 schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
Takfiri
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
group, Press TV reports.
In an exclusive interview with Press TV on Saturday, Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister for Arab and African Affairs Hossein Amir-Abdollahian said Tehran had held talks with Nigerian officials in recent days and condemned the abduction of 276 schoolgirls by the Boko Haram Takfiris in the African country.
"Given our experience in combating terrorism in our country, we are ready to supply the Nigerian officials with necessary consultation in this regard," Amir-Abdollahian stated.
The Iranian official added that the Nigerian government had already taken "serious measures" to free the kidnapped girls, expressing hope for an end to such "acts of extremism" in West Africa and the entire continent.
On April 14, the krazed killer group kidnapped 276 students from their secondary school in the northeastern town of Chibok in the Borno state and threatened later to "sell" the girls.
The government of Nigerian President
Goodluck Jonathan... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau...
has been under intense pressure by many groups of people around the globe, the girls' families in particular, to secure their release.
On May 20, Iran's Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Marzieh Afkham censured the abduction of the Nigerian girls, voicing Tehran's preparedness to help Abuja resolve the issue.