Jonathan Cancels Proposed Visit To Chibok

President Goodluck Jonathan has called off a visit to the town where more than 200 schoolgirls were abducted, officials say.

Sources had told the BBC he would stop in Chibok, in the north-east, on his way to a conference in France on the threat from Boko Haram militants.

But the visit was called off for security reasons, the officials said.

The president – under pressure over his government’s failure to rescue the girls – will fly direct to Paris.