Leah Sharibu
The Federal Government has been entrusted with stepping up efforts to free Leah Sharibu and all other students who remain in the hands of kidnappers.
Leah Sharibu, along with hundreds of Chibok boarding school girls, was kidnapped in 2014. While many of them were released, Leah Sharibu and a few others were held because they refused to repudiate their beliefs.
Northern Leaders of Thought made the request in a communiqué released at the end of a one-day security summit held at Arewa House Kaduna.
The communiqué, signed by Professor Doknan Decent Danjuma Shenni, emphasized severe insecurity, poverty, and dissatisfaction with Nigeria’s leadership.
The group said there was a need to rise to the difficulties of insecurity and poverty, and it urged Nigerians to always pray for the country’s peace.
It advised Nigerian youngsters not to be disheartened or sidetracked by the current issues, and instead to register to vote for a government capable of changing Nigeria’s fortunes.
The gathering highlighted worry about the growing chasm between citizens and leaders, as well as the growing chasm between citizens and their elected representatives.
The statement urged all levels of Nigeria’s leadership to reconnect with citizens, as well as the necessity for a collaborative effort with government agencies and other non-government organizations to rehabilitate and reinstate traumatized and displaced communities (IDP) to their villages.
It advocated for trauma recovery sessions for people internally displaced by instability, as well as de-radicalization programs aimed at the youth of insurgent-ravaged towns.
