Nathan Sharibu, father of Leah Sharibu, the only remaining student in Boko Haram captivity of the Dapchi school kidnapping of 2018 has appealed to the Nigerian government to secure the release of his daughter.
Leah, who was 14 years old at the time she was kidnapped, will be spending her third Christmas this year in Boko Haram captivity if she is not released by Friday.
In an exclusive interview with SaharaReporters, Nathan Sheribu, called on the Nigerian government to do everything to secure Leah’s freedom like it did recently when it secured the release of the kidnapped 344 students of Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina State.
He said, “We’re pleading again, begging the authorities to help secure the release of my daughter. I believe it is possible because hundreds of schoolchildren were recently released in Katsina.
“We have been left in sorrow for almost three years now since Leah’s abduction. I know they (the government) gave us many promises but my daughter is still in the jungle.
“I believe in God, I believe He (God) can perform miracles; that’s why I still have hope that I will live to see my daughter return home to us.
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“Yes, this is going to be her third Christmas since she was abducted in Dapchi, but we still have hope.”
In whether he thought she had accepted Islam and believed she truly mothered a child for a top Boko Haram commander, Leah’s father, Mr. Sharibu, said, “All I’m saying is I’ll live to see her return home to us some day, God willing.”
In February 2018, a total of 110 girls were originally kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe State, but five did not survive the ordeal. Leah, a Christian, was not released along with others because she refused to convert to Islam.
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