LEAH SHARIBU : HOW FAR SO FAR?
The celebration of the new year has taken over everywhere and the Nigeria mood seems to be joyous. Loud speakers blaring in religious places , kids running happily across the streets and elders chatting happily in loud voices about the new year. All are happy and in the mood of celebration. Alas! Someone somewhere has been forgotten in the course of the festivity! The forgotten creature is none other than Leah Sharibu, who has been held in captivity by boko haram insurgents since February 19,2018 after the insurgents laid siege on Government Girls Science and Technical College, Dapchi ,Yobe State in northern Nigeria. She was the only unlucky one amongst the 110 female students kidnapped by the insurgents. Others were released, however "our" Leah wasn't released with the insurgents claiming she refused to renounce her christian faith;a condition given by the insurgents for her release but she has reportedly remained recalcitrant to this unholy and illegal demand. An hero