Mama Boko Haram To Partner Red Cross To Secure Leah Sharibu’s Release

Kidnapped Leah Sharibu

Hope Rises For Leah Sharibu’s Release

Mrs Aisha Wakil, popularly known as Mama Boko Haram, has promised to work in partnership with the International Committee of Red Cross to secure the release of Leah Sharibu from Boko Haram captivity.

Naija News recalls Leah is the only Christian among the 112 kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, and was held back by the insurgents, following her refusal to denounce Christianity, while the others girls were returned to their parents.

Wakil who disclosed this while interacting with news men in Maiduguri , said that the ICRC will partner with her under her NGO, Complete Care And Aid Foundation, which combats trafficking on persons and drug abuse.

“I am really worried about Leah and her freedom from Boko Haram is very important to me. Leah did not renounced her religion, that i can assure you and we shall do everything with both the government and the international orgamisation to ensure she regain her freedom just like her colleagues that were reunited with her families.

She said that the her foundation would also partner with ICRC to empower widows and rehabilitate under aged girls engaging in commercial sex activities.

Mama Boko Haram, an Igbo from South East Nigeria, was a member of the Dialogue and Peaceful Resolution Of Security Challenges Committee in the northern region set up by President Goodluck Jonathan and is said to have established relationship in negotiating with the Boko Haram leadership.

She has so far assisted in the release of some abductees from the Boko Haram sect, including the release of Chibok girls.