Leah Sharibu: BBOG urges gov’t to ‘confirm or deny claim of death’
The Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) group has lamented that the claim that Leah Sharibu, the sole remaining Dapchi schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram on February 19, 2018 and Alice Loksha Ngaddah, an aid worker with UNICEF may be dead as “extremely troubling.” The group stated this in a statement by issued to newsmen in […]
Leah Sharibu.
The Bring Back Our Girls (#BBOG) group has lamented that the claim that Leah Sharibu, the sole remaining Dapchi schoolgirl abducted by Boko Haram on February 19, 2018 and Alice Loksha Ngaddah, an aid worker with UNICEF may be dead as “extremely troubling.”
The group stated this in a statement by issued to newsmen in Abuja yesterday. It pointed out that Grace Taku, a recently abducted aid worker with Action Against Hunger, made the claim of Leah and Alice’s death in a “proof of life” video released by the insurgents on Wednesday, July 24, 2019.
“We have read the statement put out by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, as the government’s reaction to this disconcerting news. We are, however, not satisfied, especially given that the statement is characterised by too many innuendos as well as lame assurances that are not backed up by any credible evidence,” the group said.
The group therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to provide an update details on the status of Leah Sharibu and Alice Loksha Ngaddah.