She called on President Muhammadu Buhari and others to free her from her abductors.
Browsing: Leah Sharibu
The fasting and prayers to be held between August 27 and August 29, 2018 is for divine protection and spiritual healing of the nation and its democracy.
Uche made the disclosure on Monday at a news briefing to mark the end of the church’s 46th Conference and 11th Biennial Conference at Wesley Cathedral Methodist Church, Aba, Abia State
Sharibu was held back for refusing to denounce Christianity, while the others were brought home to their parent by the Boko Haram insurgents.
In a key note address at the grand finale of the 2018 Nigerian Army Day Celebration in Mongunu in Borno North, the President identified those responsible for such violence as “disgruntled politicians”
Buried in an unmarked grave somewhere in the Sahel, these young girls’ memories would only remain on the psyche of their parents; there wasn’t any enquiry or effort from the government to ascertain the location of their bodies
While 105 were returned and the whereabouts of five unknown, Boko Haram said it is holding onto Sharibu for her refusal to convert to Islam.
The upper chamber also urged the government to ensure that the remaining Chibok schoolgirls, among those abducted in April, 2014 and still in Boko Haram custody, were released.
Akinloye stated this on Tuesday at a press conference on the state of the nation at Abuja where he stressed on the need for the urgency of the government to ensure the protection of lives and properties of Nigerians as it is stated in the constitution.
Pastor Adebayo Oladeji, Special Assistant, Media and Communications to the CAN President, Rev. Samson Ayokunle, conveyed CAN message in a statement in Abuja.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, who made the position of the Federal Government known, however said the move to rescue Sharibu was ongoing.
Gloria Laraba Shoda, the President, NCWS, said that Leah Sharibu was the only Dapchi schoolgirl yet to be released by the Boko Haram insurgents 47 days after the other schoolgirls were released.
The protest was in response to the latest bloody incidents in Benue State, over which the Christian Association of Nigeria declared what it tagged: “National and International Sunday of Christian Protest,” to draw global attention to the unabating violence, mass murder and general insecurity across Nigeria
Last Friday the United States Government released a damning human rights report on Nigeria, saying “grave violations of human rights”…
CAN made the declaration in a statement following the killing of two Catholic priests; Rev.Fr Joseph Gor, Rev.Fr Felix Tyolaha and 17 worshippers of St. Ignatius Quasi Parish, Ukpor-Mbalom, Gwer East LGA of Benue State.
Saraki said that this would require the collaboration of by governments, security agencies, religious and community leaders.
Buhari disclosed this when he received the Archbishop of Canterbury, His Grace Justin Welby, in London Wednesday
Leah Sharibu is the only one of the Dapchi girls that Boko Haram refused to hand over after negotiations with the Nigerian government, apparently because she refused to renounce her faith and convert to Islam.
She is still held by the group
Ajimobi made the call in his Easter message signed by his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Bolaji Tunji, and made available to newsmen in Ibadan on Friday.
Akintola in his Easter message on Friday, also urged Nigerians to remember Sharibu in their prayers so that the good Lord would soften the hearts of her captors to make them release her.