Nigeria: President Promises Rescue of Leah Sharibu, Meets With Returned Dapchi Girls Friday

23 March 2018

Lagos and Abuja — President Muhammadu Buhari thursday in Abuja said he was committed to the freedom of Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi student left in the captivity due to her refusal to renounce her faith as a Christian.

Of the 110 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls' Science and Technical College (GGSTC), Dapchi, Yobe State on February 19, 104 were returned by the Islamist sect to Dapchi on Wednesday before their movement to Abuja, five reportedly died in captivity, while Leah remains in captivity.

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