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Parents
of Liya Sharibu, the schoolgirl still held by Boko Haram, over her
refusal to convert to Islam, have said they are proud of their
daughter’s courage; even in the face of threat to her life.
“I’m very happy and proud that I am the father. I’m
very happy because she is the only Christian among them. I have no
fear, even if she dies because she did not denounce Christ. If she dies
today, I’m very happy of her. I don’t have anything to regret about
her,” Sharibu Nathan told Daily Sun, yesterday.
Sharibu, 45, however, urged the Federal
Government to secure her release, the way it did for the 105 girls
returned by Boko Haram on Wednesday morning.
“I am urging the people, begging the
federal government to assist in bringing this girl back, let her, too,
be released because this is a nation and everybody has his/her own
religion. All of those who were released are all Muslims; she is the
only Christian and that was why they did not release her,” he said.
On her part, Leah’s mother corroborated
the freed girls, who revealed that the insurgents refused to release
Liya because of her religious belief.
“The released girls told us that the
insurgents insist she must denounce her religion but she told them she
has no knowledge of Islam. She was, then, left out of the Dapchi trip;
on the condition that any day she accepts Islam, she will be released,”
she disclosed.
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