Give us Leah for Christmas, Nigerian Christians beg President Buhari

Christian elders from the north on Sunday asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari(retd), to facilitate the release of Leah Sharibu as a “Christmas gift” to the Christian community.

Leah Sharibu and over 100 female students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi in Yobe State were kidnapped by the Boko Haram insurgent in 2018.

The insurgents released the girls except Leah, who is still held till date.

In a statement released on Sunday and signed by its Chairman, Mr Ejoga Inalegwu, the Christian elders on the platform of the Northern Elders Christian Forum, urged Buhari to give them Leah Sharibu as “our gift for Christmas.”

Inalegwu said, “We plead with the President, Muhammadu Buhari, to give the Christian community of this great nation, the Christmas gift by ensuring the release of our dear child, Leah Sharibu, from the brutal custody of the Boko Haram.

“We believe the government has the wherewithal and competency to effect her release.

“The message of Christmas is a message of hope for a people who had lost every hope; it is good news to revive the hearts of those in despair. It is the good news of deliverance.”

– Punch