Leah Sharibu, the only student of Government Girls Secondary
School, Dapchi, Yobe state, who is still being held captive by Islamic
terrorists because she refused to convert to Islam, has spoken from captivity.
The teenager, who has been in captivity since she was
kidnapped in February alongside 118 other students, asked President Muhammadu
Buhari to save her from her captors.
In an audio obtained by TheCable as a "proof of
life", Leah, who has been held captive for 7 months now by a breakaway
faction from Boko Haram called Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP),
pleaded with the government of Nigeria to secure her release. She also pleaded
with Nigerians to assist her family at their time of suffering.
Leah Sharibu speaks from Boko Haram captivity, says "I
am calling on the president to pity me"
Clad in hijab and sat on a mat, the schoolgirl made her plea
in Hausa in a 35 seconds audio, saying:
I am Leah Sharibu, the girl that was abducted in GGSS
Dapchi. I am calling on the government and people of goodwill to intervene to
get me out of my current situation.
I also plead to the members of the public to help my mother,
my father, my younger brother and relatives. Kindly help me out of my
predicament. I am begging you to treat me with compassion, I am calling on the
government, particularly, the president to pity me and get me out of this
serious situation. Thank you.
Leah's schoolmates who were abducted with her were released
on March 21, 2018, following what sources said had to do with the intervention
of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. 5 of the girls died in captivity. The
others who were alive were freed, except for Leah who refused to renounce her
faith.
The federal government had said it was making efforts to
secure her release.
