Against the marauding miscreants who declared education sin, Leah Sharibu stood her grounds by refusing to denounce her Christian faith to accept Islam as directed by her extremist captors.
She has become the face of resistance against murderous kidnappers and the only schoolgirl remaining in Boko Haram captivity after the Dapchi kidnappings.
Leah Sharibu became sixteen years on May 14!
Her relatives marked her 16th birthday with prayers and cutting of a cake at the Unity Fountain in Abuja, which has now become a rallying place for voices speaking up for social justice and civil rights against the Federal Government.
In spite of the Army’s concerted effort to secure her release and the assurances of the Federal Government, her whereabouts remain largely unknown.
Leah Sharibu – stolen from her bed
Boko Haram terrorists stormed the Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi –North East of Yobe State and carted away 110 school girls on the 19th of February 2018.
After negotiating with terrorists, the Nigerian government announced the release of all but one of the kidnapped school girls.
She has been in Boko Haram captivity for 449 days and all attempts to have her released have failed on the account of her faith.
As charity groups, social media influencers, clerics and dozens of Civil liberties activists raise awareness online and in their march at the Unity Fountains in Abuja’s Central District, we must press harder for her release.
Boko Haram’s terrorist credentials and its politico-religious worldview are antithetical to Islam’s doctrines. Muslim religious leaders as well as their Christian counterparts must join hands in the campaign against this deadly sect.
It is imperative that as President Muhammadu Buhari resumes his second term, he intensifies efforts to bring a closure to the national emotional sore that has continued to dog us all and have Miss Leah reunited with her family.
