Adeboye demands Leah Sharibu’release, family organises seven-day prayer

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has called for the release of Leah Sharibu, the Christian girl who has been in the captivity of Boko Haram terrorists.

In a statement titled, ‘A Call for Release of Leah Sharibu,’ which Adeboye signed and issued on Friday, he directed all pastors in the RCCG all over the world to intensify their prayers for Sharibu’s release.

The clergyman also urged parents to use their influence to ensure Sharibu and other children in captivity were released.

“I, hereby, again call and direct all pastors in the Redeemed Christian Church of God, all over the world, not to stop but to intensify their prayers for the release of Leah Sharibu. I also call on every parent, all over the world, to use whatever influence they have, to ensure that Leah Sharibu and other children in captivity, are released. We shall not relent in our prayers,” he said.

Sharibu was among the 110 students who were abducted by Boko Haram terrorists from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, in the Yunusari Local Government Area of Yobe State, on February 19, 2018.

Five of the girls died on the day of the abduction while others were released in March, 2018, leaving Sharibu behind because she refused to denounce her Christian faith.

Before the Dapchi schoolgirls were kidnapped, 276 girls from a school in Chibok, Borno State, had been abducted by Boko Haram in 2014.

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In December 2020, over 300 boys were abducted by bandits in Kankara, Katsina State, but were later released.

Meanwhile, the family of Leah Sharibu on Friday concluded their seven days of prayers for the release of their daughter who has spent three years in Boko Haram captivity.

It was learnt that the prayers, which commenced on February 13, ended on February 19 and was embarked upon by many Christians and clerics across the globe.

The prayers were titled, ‘Speak Up! Leah Sharibu seven days of prayers.’

Among the special guests who facilitated the prayers were Jeremiah Gyang, Ruby Gyang, Solomon Lange, Lord Alton, Baroness Cox, Benjamin Watson, John Stonestreet and Frank Wolf, a member of the United States House of Representatives.

The details of the prayers were sent to our correspondent by the spokesperson of the Sharibu family and President of Leadership Empowerment Advocacy and Humanitarian Foundation, Dr Gloria Puldu.

Puldu, a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science, University of Jos, said the family wrote a letter to Adeboye, requesting prayers for the release of Leah Sharibu.

“Yes, we wrote a letter to Baba Adeboye soliciting his prayers and so we are happy over that,” she said.

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