{"id":9989,"date":"2019-05-11T19:13:24","date_gmt":"2019-05-11T19:13:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/nigeria\/?p=9989"},"modified":"2019-05-11T19:13:24","modified_gmt":"2019-05-11T19:13:24","slug":"boko-haram-atiku-calls-for-release-of-leah-sharibu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/boko-haram-atiku-calls-for-release-of-leah-sharibu","title":{"rendered":"Boko Haram: Atiku calls for release of Leah Sharibu"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the release of Leah Sharibu from Boko Haram captivity.<\/p>\n<p>The former Vice President stated this while commending members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) for rescuing 894 children from Boko Haram on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Recall that 15-year-old Sharibu was abducted on the night of February 19, last year, alongside her schoolmates of Government Science college, Dapchi in Yobe state.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-5704\" src=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/2019\/03\/Leah-Sharibu-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"663\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Leah-Sharibu-1.jpg 663w, https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/upload\/sites\/3\/2019\/03\/Leah-Sharibu-1-300x251.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>However, the teenager was not released by her captors because she refused to denounce her Christian faith, while the other girls were freed by the terrorist group.<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet on Saturday, Atiku said: \u201cI welcome the release of 894 child soldiers. It is my hope that this will lead to the release of all others in captivity including Leah Sharibu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is also my hope that steps will be taken to give these youngsters the needed support for reintegration.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2019 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the release of Leah Sharibu from Boko Haram captivity. The former Vice President stated this while commending members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) for rescuing 894 children from Boko Haram on Friday. Recall that 15-year-old Sharibu was abducted on the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":1670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,30],"tags":[316,45,246,616],"class_list":["post-9989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-community","tag-atiku","tag-boko-haram","tag-community","tag-leah-sharibu"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Boko Haram: Atiku calls for release of Leah Sharibu - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/boko-haram-atiku-calls-for-release-of-leah-sharibu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Boko Haram: Atiku calls for release of Leah Sharibu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The 2019 Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has called for the release of Leah Sharibu from Boko Haram captivity. 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