Reactions Trail Release Of Dapchi Girls Without The Only Christian Girl

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Reactions have continued to trail the release of the Dapchi school girls but mostly on one Leah Salibu who was not among the released girls on Wednesday because she’s a Christian.
Femi Fani-Kayode, a former Minister of Aviation, reacting blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the insurgents’ failure to return Leah and rained curses in a series of tweets posted on his page.
“You told your Boko Haram boys to return the Dapchi girls yet Leah Salibu, the only Christian amongst them, was not released because of her faith.
Now she is feared dead. 105 girls were taken and according to CNN 101 have been returned. But little Leah was not brought home.
“I pray for Leah and her family.May God console them, give them strength and avenge them.
I call on the Christian God, the Lord of the Universe, the Great Avenger and the God of all flesh, to avenge us and remove these cow lovers and sons of the bonded woman from the seat of power,” he tweeted.
Mainwhile a statement from the presidency reads thus:

I received the news of the return of our Dapchi daughters with great joy. And I look forward to receiving them at the State House. I thank everyone who was involved in the negotiations for their return.

 

It is disheartening that one of the girls, Leah Sharibu, remains in captivity. Let me assure that I am as committed to her freedom as I was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 of them were in captivity. We will do everything in our power to bring Leah back safely.

 

My heart goes out to Leah’s parents, who must watch other parents rejoice while their own daughter remains in captivity. It is my responsibility, under the Constitution of Nigeria, to protect all Nigerians—and I will always strive to do that. Leah will not be abandoned.

 

INata Sharibu, father of the only student of Federal Government Science and Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state who is yet to be freed, says Boko Haram insurgents decided not to release his daughter because she refused to denounce Christ.

A total of 110 students were abducted when insurgents raided the school on February 19.
In a surprising manner, Boko Haram fighters returned the girls to Dapchi on Wednesday.

 

TheCable had earlier reported that Liya Sharibu did not make it back to Dapchi apart from the five schoolgirls who reportedly lost their lives.

Speaking on RayPower FM shortly after the students were released, the girl’s father said he learnt that the insurgents gave his daughter the option of converting to Islam but she rejected it.

He expressed delight over her stance but prayed for her return.

“All of them were released. They said some were dead there and my daughter is alive but they cannot release her because she is a Christian,” he said.

“They gave her the option of converting in order to be released but she said she will never become a Muslim…

 

I am very sad but I am also jubilating too because my daughter did not denounce. People of God, please let us raise prayer for Liya Sharibu that the hand of the Lord will be upon her, that the Lord should deliver her from the den of lions and bring her back safely without being molested.

 

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