YOBE: Leah Sharibu’s parents write Buhari, beg President to fulfil promise

THE parents of Leah Sharibu has urged President Buhari to fulfill the promise he made to them two years ago that he would secure the release of their daughter very soon as negotiations were going on.

The parents said Buhari made the promise to them through a telephone conversation.

They stressed that the entire world, and indeed, the international community, were waiting for Buhari to fulfill that promise.

THREE years ago, February 19, 2018,  Boko Haram terrorists stormed Government Girls’ Science and Technology College, Dapchi, Yobe State and abducted Leah Sharibu and 109 other female students

While others were released by the terrorists following negotiations, Leah, then 14 years, is still being held captive because she refused to renounce her Christian faith.

 Leah’s parents, Nathan and Rebecca Sharibu, expressed disappointment in a statement issued yesterday by the Executive Director of LEAH Foundation, Dr. Gloria Puldu, saying  “Leah is now three years in captivity”

The document was titled, ‘Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR.’

The statement reads, “Sir, with deep pains in our hearts but gratitude to God Almighty who commands us to be grateful in every situation, we write this open letter to you concerning our daughter, Leah Sharibu, who as you well know is still in captivity in the hands of Boko Haram.

“February 19, 2021 marked three years that she was abducted alongside her secondary school mates whom you were able to secure their release on March 21, 2018, barely one month after their abduction.

“Mr. President, you have promised me on the phone that my daughter will soon be released because negotiations are going on and not long, Leah will be returned home. But it has been over two years since you made that promise and Leah is now three years in captivity.

“Sir, we plead with you to put yourself in our position and assume that Leah is your daughter. How would you feel knowing that she is in captivity just because she was courageous to refuse to renounce her faith?

“Leah Sharibu was one of the 110 female students of the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, who were abducted on February 19, 2018, by Boko Haram terrorists.”