Nigeria: Don’t Forget Leah Sharibu
By Tony Ogunlowo 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. *Leah Sharibu Five weeks later 105 girls were released, 5 had died in captivity and one girl was held back. The name of the girl held back is Leah Sharibu, only 14 years old at the time, and her captors refused to release her because she refused to convert to Islam. Eight months on and she is still being held against her will with her captors threatening to execute her at any time: they have already executed two Red Cross health workers kidnapped earlier this year. Lai Mohammed, the Minister for Information and Culture, has recently said that the government was doing everything within their power to secure her release: but considering the ongoing Chibok girls saga this can mean virtually nothing substantial is being done. Politicians will always say one thing and do ...