The body stated this through its National President, Dr. Samson Ayokunle, during a visit to Buhari on Friday at the Presidential Villa, Abuja
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The Principal of the school, Hajiya Adama Abdulkarim, told News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Dapchi that, at least, 80 per cent of the students and teachers had resumed.
On the 19th of February this year more than a hundred girls were kidnapped from the Government Girls Science and Technology College, Dapchi in Yobe state by a faction of the dreaded Boko Haram.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, gave the reassurance at the 100 years celebration of St. Andrews Catholic Church, Oro, his home town near Ilorin in Kwara state
Grace Samuel, nephew to Leah, made the commendation in Dapchi, during distribution of food items and livelihood packages to 40 families of the abducted schoolgirls by Yobe Government.
The observation was contained in his presidential address presented at St Mary’s Church, Isseke in Ihiala Local Government Area of Anambra State during the second session of the third synod of the diocese
The highly reputed newspaper said this was revealed to it by a source, who claimed to be involved in the negotiation for the release of Sharibu
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Late Liman has been in captivity since she was abducted by Boko Haram insurgents.
The International Committee of the Red Cross has made a fresh appeal to Boko Haram to release the two remaining hostages being held by them: Alice Loksha, who works for UNICEF, and Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl kidnapped on February 19.
Saraki made this known in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu in Abuja on Tuesday.
Sharibu is a female student of the Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, who has been held in captivity since February 19, 2018 by the Islamic terrorist group on account of her Christian faith.
Alhaji Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information, who led a high-powered federal government delegation, stated this when they paid a reassurance visit to the family of Leah on Friday in Dapchi, Yobe.
Buhari made the commitment during the Passing Out Parade of 365 cadets of the Nigerian Defence Academy in Kaduna.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Sharibu was abducted along with 104 Dapchi school girls on February 19 While others were released, Sharibu is yet to be released.
Leah Sharibu is the only Christian among the abducted 119 students of Government Girls Secondary School, Dapchi, Yobe, still in Boko Haram captivity.
He pastored the Church in Ile-Ife for many years before he was later transferred to Ondo province to head another branch of the Anglican Church for a further 16 years.
Rebecca Sharibu, the mother of Leah Sharibu, the only one out of the 110 Dapchi schoolgirls still in the captivity of Boko Haram, has sued the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for N500 million over the continued holding of her daughter.
Rev. Samson Ayokunle, the President, Christian Association Nigeria, has called on the Federal Government and all security agencies to free Leah Sharibu, Chibok girls and others in captivity of Boko Haram immediately, “before it is too late’’.
In a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, in Abuja, Saraki stated that the killing of aid workers represents a new low by Boko Haram insurgents, while calling for immediate action by the military to ensure that Leah Sharibu and the other two Red Cross workers still in Boko Haram’s captivity are released.
Ndume said in the interview that it had become certain that the Boko Haram sect that abducted Sharibu and over 100 other girls from their school was waging a psychological war to get more money from the government.