Presidency reacts to claim that Leah Sharibu is dead

Federal government of Nigerian has reacted to the report which claimed that Leah Sharibu, one of the Dapchi schoolgirls abducted last year, has been killed .

Grace Taku a staff of Action Against Hunger who was abducted by Bokoharam on July 18, had claimed in a ‘proof of life video’ that Leah together with one Alice had been killed by the terrorists because the government did not act to save them.

Although Grace did not mention whether it was Leah Sharibu or another Leah that was killed, alot of people believed that Leah Sharibu was the one being referred to, leading to an outrage on social media .

The Senior Special Assistant to the president on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,in a statement signed by him said efforts were being made to secure their release .

The Presidency has been briefed by the responsible government agency about the disturbing video showing our citizens, the humanitarian aid workers held captive. The Presidency has been given assurances that contact is being made and the captors are being talked to.

Beside these aid workers, there are some others about whom this engagement is about-Leah Sharibu, a religious leader and all the others. These discussions have been ongoing even before this time and what this latest incident has done is to bring urgency to the efforts that the secret service is making.

Government is making contacts, in the hope that the captors will see reason to not visit hardship or even harm on these innocent individuals.

Sharibua and 112girls were abducted from the Girls Technical College,Dapchi,Yobe State by Boko Haram members on February 19,2018.

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