By Ihechi Enyinnaya
Convener of the US-Nigeria Law Group, Emmanuel Ogebe on Monday said abducted Dapchi school girl, Leah Sharibu has given birth to another baby in captivity.
In a statement commemorating the abduction, Ogebe said that “despite an offer by an American pastor last month to surrender himself in exchange for Leah’s freedom, there has been no tangible response from her captors.
“That notwithstanding, intelligence received on the status of Leah indicates that she has delivered a second child in captivity. While we have not corroborated this by multiple sources, a usually knowledgeable source indicated that she delivered a second child late last year. This means both children were born in 2020 as the terrorists announced her childbirth earlier in 2020. We are still investigating this.”
“There is a full scale onslaught on education in Nigeria by Islamist extremists: A. Boko Haram wars against education. B. Bandits are kidnapping school kids en masse.C. The Kwara state government ignited then aided and abetted religious violence against Christian mission school owners in Ilorin over the hijab controversy.
“Not only have terrorists targeted schools but even the state government has targeted Christian schools in violation of the historical agreements reached on their rights as proprietors to maintain their ethos and credos.
” Also in Gombe state, the government has ignited, aided, abetted and incited religious violence against the majority Christian community of Tangale by appointing a Muslim who lost the election by kingmakers over the Christian who won and was better qualified not only as a medical doctor but one with significant international exposure, as chief. The governor’s recorded remarks calling for arming of youths to shut down legitimate protesters makes him complicit for any atrocities that result.”
It is now three years and five weeks since her abduction in Dapchi, Yobe State, a United States-based group, US-Nigeria Law Group, has lamented the plight of the abandoned Dapchi “heroine Christian” schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, with reports she has given birth to a second child in captivity.
It would be recalled that Leah, still held in captivity, was forced to accept Islam before being married off to a top Boko Haram commander after she refused to renounce her Christian faith.
Leah was among 110 girls, aged between 11 and 19 years, who were abducted by the terrorists from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, on February 19, 2018.