Buhari Promises To Rescue Leah, Others Held By Boko Haram

 President, Muhammadu Buhari  has  promised again on Monday that all children kidnapped by Boko Haram terrorists would be set free during his regime.

Buhari gave the promise during  a breakfast dialogue on ‘‘Stop the War on Children Affected by Armed Conflicts, Dividend of Silencing the Guns’’, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, held on the margins of the ongoing 33rd African Union Summit.

The dialogue was sponsored by Nigeria, Uganda, Norway, the AU Commission and Save the Children.

Buhari said, ”A number of schoolgirls from Chibok and Dapchi earlier abducted by Boko Haram have regained their freedom.

”We commend the gallant efforts of the Multi-National Joint Task Force and the partners in supporting the reintegration of the girls.

”Let me categorically reassure you of the steadfast commitment of the Government of Nigeria to ensure the freedom of all kidnapped children from the shackles of Boko Haram.

”We will not relent until every child, boy, or girl, every Nigerian adult in custody of Boko Haram, is freed.”

Among the children being held is Leah Sharibu, the Dapchi schoolgirl denied freedom on account of refusing to denounce Christianity.

276 girls were abducted from their school in Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, by Boko Haram but 57 of the girls escaped to safety almost immediately.

Members of Boko Haram made away with 219 of them. Over a number of years, 107 of the Chibok girls regained freedom but till date, 112 are missing.

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