President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday assured the family of Leah Sharibu, the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in Boko Haram captivity that his government will continue to do all it can to ensure that they also have cause to rejoice with their daughter soon.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
He said the president is as committed to the freedom of the only Dapchi schoolgirl still in captivity as he was to the girls’ freedom when all 110 were in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists.
Shehu said Buhari’s administration will not relent in efforts to bring Leah Sharibu safely back home to her parents as it has done for the other girls after she was held back by the terrorists over her decision, as reported, not to convert from Christianity to Islam.
He said,
”President Buhari is fully conscious of his duty under the constitution to protect all Nigerians, irrespective of faith, ethnic background or geopolitical location and will not shirk in this responsibility.
”The President is equally mindful of the fact that true followers of Islam all over the world respect the injunction that there is no compulsion in religion. To this effect, no one or group can impose its religion on another.”
The presidential spokesman said his heart goes out to the isolated parents who must watch others rejoice while their own daughter is still away. He promised that the lone Dapchi girl, Leah, will not be abandoned.
