Britain provides surveillance plane for Nigeria's abducted girls search

British Prime Minister David Cameron on Wednesday said Britain has offered Nigeria a surveillance aircraft and a military team to help search more than 200 abducted schoolgirls in the country.

Britain has offered Nigeria "further assistance in terms of surveillance aircraft and a military team to embed with the Nigerian army in its HQ (headquarters), as well as a team to work with U.S. experts to analyze information on the girls' location," Cameron said while addressing the British Parliament.

He said Britain has worked with Nigeria on counter-terrorism and is "willing to do more," particularly if it can ensure that "proper processes are in place to deal with human rights issues."

"We should help across a broad range of areas, not just counter-terrorism, surveillance and helping them to find these people," he added.

Meanwhile, the prime minister pledged to work with the Global Fund for Education, a program promoted by the former British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, to protect more schools.

Britain sent a team of experts to Nigeria last week to advise and support the country in its response to the abduction of the school girls.

More than 200 girls from Chibok community in northeastern Nigeria's Borno State were abducted in April. Militant group Boko Haram claimed responsibility for the abduction and threatened to sell the girls.

Nigeria, Africa's most populous country, is grappling with security challenges arising from the insurgency of Boko Haram, a sect which seeks to enshrine the Islamic Sharia law in the constitution. Endi