President Goodluck Jonathan had regretted on Thursday of the failed rescue mission involving a Briton and an Italian experts held hostage by the men of the Boko Haram, stating that his government cannot be vindicated in the failed effort.
It was said that the kidnappers killed Franco Lamolinara and Chris McManus last week while a rescue operation was on to set the victims free.
Italian government has since then questioned the Nigerian government for not consulting Rome like it consulted Britain before the failed operation.
Meanwhile Jonathan had affirmed in an interactive session on the Cable News Network (CNN) that Nigeria will share in the blame of the failed operation, stating that Nigerian authorities had worked with the British and other international intelligence agencies during the raid.
He said, “We worked with the international intelligence system. If there was success, there would have been a collective glory. Since we did not quite succeed, well, we all take responsibility.”
“So I cannot say I will not take part of that responsibility: yes, I do. I’m the President of the country.”
However, the British government had explained why Rome was not informed before the operation, stating that the urgency of the operation could not create room for further delays bearing in mind that some lives were at risk at that moment.
Jonathan had also affirmed that he was not aware of any demand of ransom from the captors. According to him, “In this particular case, no family member informed security agencies that they (the captors) had reached out to them for ransom,”
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