Please help us with the release of Leah Sharibu - Anglican communion begs FG
- Bishop Owen Nwokolo of Niger state says there are fears concerning the attacks by herdsmen and Boko Haram
- Nwokolo of the Anglican Communion pleads for the release of Leah Sharibu
- He wants Christians across the country to be vigilant
The Anglican Communion, Niger state diocese is lamenting the continued detention of Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu by Boko Haram insurgents saying this is raising more fears that the violent activities of the terrorists and herdsmen is aimed at Islamising Nigeria.
Vanguard reports that Bishop Owen Nwokolo of Niger, who spoke to journalists in Onitsha, said he was not comfortable with the fact that weeks after the release of her colleagues, Leah Sharibu still remained held by Boko Haram insurgents.
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The bishop urged Present Muhammadu Buhari to prove Nigerians who have that belief wrong, by ensuring the immediate and unconditional release of the school girl.
He said: “One question the All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government of Muhammadu Buhari has failed to address is why Leah was not released with her school mates?
“Nigerians should be vigilant, Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen agenda is to Islamize Nigeria, and Christians should protect themselves and defend their faith and the churches.
"What is being done in this present federal government of Nigeria, points to the irrefutable fact that there is a grand plan to Islamize Nigeria.”
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Legit.ng earlier reported that the lawmaker representing Yobe East in the Senate, Bukar Ibrahim, said that "very serious negotiations" are ongoing to ensure the release of Leah Sharibu, one of the girls abducted by Boko Haram from Dapchi, Yobe state, on Monday, February 19.
Sharibu was kept in captivity after Boko Haram returned the abducted schoolgirls. Five of the girls lost their lives in captivity.
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