Nigeria, July 14 -- Speaking in an interview on Monday, the President's Special Adviser on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said the Federal Government had no objection to an international investigation if the governor believed there were unresolved issues surrounding the incident.

"The governor has expressed his opinion that the UN should probe this incident. Our doors are open. Let the UN come if he thinks there is more to it than what our military has explained," Onanuga said.

He, however, questioned the basis of the governor's request, arguing that no security agency would deliberately allow schoolchildren to remain in captivity for 56 days.

According to Onanuga, the rescue operation came at a heavy cost, with soldiers and ...