Nigeria: Catholic Bishop Plans Meeting With Parents of Leah Sharibu

5 April 2018

Awka — The Catholic Bishop of Awka Diocese, Most Rev. Paulinus Ezeokafor, has revealed that he plans to meet with the parents of the abducted Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, who refused to convert to Islam on the prompting of Boko Haram terrorists.

Leah was among 110 girls who were kidnapped by the terrorists from their school in Yobe State, but was not among the 104 freed by the sect for a reason that she refused to dump her Christian faith.

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