The Australian government has also offered to provide special forces to help Nigeria rescue the 234 school girls kidnapped by Boko haram, this was made Known by the country’s Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who told Sky News that Australia had offered to lend its support but Nigeria had not responded
According to punch news, Bishop reportedly said, “Australian troops, the SAS, are always on standby for contingencies. We have made an offer to the Nigerian government to provide whatever support they need to release the girls. We’ve made a specific offer to our UK and US allies … that we are ready to assist in whatever way we can.
“We have not had a response from the Nigerian government. They’ve thanked us for our willingness to be involved in trying to rescue the girls but we haven’t had any specific acceptance of the offers that we’ve made.”