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Reactions have continued to trail news of Leah Sharibu giving birth to a baby boy in Boko Haram captivity, even as speculation continues to trickle in that the Dapchi girl is now a mother.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Ahmed Salkida, a conflict and terrorism reporter has further corroborated the speculations that Leah is now a mother.
“Why, I wonder, do we pretend that leaving Leah behind won’t result in pregnancy? Since the terror group announced condemning her to slavery, is there any step or collective focus on preventing similar occurrences? She’s a mother, but I don’t know about the gender of the baby,” Salkida tweeted.
Why, I wonder, do we pretend that leaving Leah behind won't result in pregnancy? Since the terror group announced condemning her to slavery, is there any step or collective focus on preventing similar occurrences? She's a mother, but I don't know about the gender of the baby.
— Ahmad Salkida (@A_Salkida) January 26, 2020
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Even, former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, who was Spokesman to former President Olusegun Obasanjo, has joined in the conversation.
“I do not believe that Leah Sharibu has converted to Islam. They are trying to demean her & remove her status as a hero. That girl would rather die than convert to Islam. She remains a hero of the Christian faith & if she is dead then she is a martyr. Whichever way she wins!” he tweeted.
I do not believe that Leah Sharibu has converted to Islam. They are trying to demean her & remove her status as a hero. That girl would rather die than convert to Islam. She remains a hero of the Christian faith & if she is dead then she is a martyr. Whichever way she wins!
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) January 26, 2020
Read more reactions from Nigerians on the development below:
Very distressing report on Leah Sharibu: Rape, pregnancy and birth. Clear failure by Govt to get her liberated. Meanwhile, Boko Haram pursue their strategy of deepening the Muslim/Christian divide for their benefit. Nigeria must accelerate war on terror & national understanding.
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— Jibrin Ibrahim (@JibrinIbrahim17) January 26, 2020
Leah Sharibu: A northern president cannot save a northern teen, what would happen if she came from the south?
I also observed that the degree of tolerance and assault by Boko Haram for other religion is scary.
A true "God" doesn't need His worshipers to fight or kill for Him.
— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) January 26, 2020
703!!!
Number of days that Leah Sharibu has been left at the mercy of terrorists. Raped repeatedly! Pregnant and then has delivered a baby boy to one of the commanders of the sect in captivity. Yet you say you have a president who’s a general and his name what again? @MBuhari LOL— Nimrod (@GhenghisKhan01) January 26, 2020
Father Lord…Pls do something on Leah’s behalf.
She clearly was raped. Very sad news & I hope we can all put our differences aside for once and work together to rescue her in every way we can.
The news makes me sad.Our prayers are with you Leah Sharibu.
Sorry sister 😥😥.
— 🎙OLUOMO OF DERBY 🇳🇬 🇬🇧 (@Oluomoofderby) January 26, 2020
On this Leah Sharibu issue, let's call a spade a spade. The government FAILED! Which one is "we failed her as a nation"? Call out the government for their failure and stop making it sound mild by saying "we" failed her. what should the ordinary citizen have done?
— Adide (@sam_adide) January 25, 2020
Imagine Niger Delta militants kidnaps Students, after negotiations released them & kept back one Aisha bcos she refused to convert to Christianity. This country will burn.
I will continue to say it. They abandoned Leah Sharibu wit Boko Haram bcos she is not Muslim
Shame on u all pic.twitter.com/n5nVubGcWf— Comradeˢᵀ – #HardTruth (@iAGB4REAL) January 26, 2020
It's Pains Me Reading About Leah Sharibu But If I Was Her,
I Would Be Home Since With My Fellow Abducted Girls,If She Had Just Denounced The Christianity And Accepted Islam,By Now She Should Have Been A Choir Mistress In Her Church After Been Released.
Sometimes We Need WISDOM pic.twitter.com/VTkLSFkSko
— Iké Nná (@IKENNA_____) January 26, 2020
Feb-19-218
110 girls were kidnaped
21-mar-18
FG deafeated BokoHaram In negotiation & returned 109 of d kidnaped
Majority temporary converted to Islam which only Leah sharibu ignored
Am nt saying she should have
But F.G has played there part in just 29days
Unlike the chibok saga pic.twitter.com/yiUqqDNr36— Alabi Opeyemi Oladimeji (@alabiopeyemiola) January 26, 2020
Leah Sharibu: On the surface she is a converted soul, but deep inside of her she knows who she is serving.
The encounter she had with Christ can never be taken away from her even under veil.
That's what makes Christianity different. It is a personal relationship and a nature.
— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) January 25, 2020
Leah Sharibu: You can't force a soul to choose a channel to her maker. Even those that are genuinely converted play religion, not to mention a forced soul.
Leah is a temporarily conquered soul not a converted soul.
One day, she will grow fat enough to break chains on her neck.
— Ayemojubar (@ayemojubar) January 26, 2020
You received the ambassador while Leah Sharibu was tortured and forced to renounce Christianity and raped till she got pregnant for a terrorist leader. You have daughters Aisha but you never for one day stood up to demand for Leah Sharibu's release. https://t.co/O6alQvi54Q
— Ayekooto (@thebardogbamola) January 25, 2020
Once upon a time, a Nigerian first Lady cried publicly because Boko Haram kidnapped school girl. She was mocked at every nook and Cranny of the nation for the act, even inside the Senate.
Today Leah Sharibu is a baby Mama to a Boko Haram Commander… There is God oooh 😭😭😭 pic.twitter.com/JyMj4aJbte
— Hill VIEW (@HVMtimeline) January 26, 2020
Boko haram killed a pastor
Boko haram killed students
Boko haram impregnated leah sharibuAnd this country goes on like nothing happened
My uncle relocated to the US few years ago.. He said when he dies Nobody should bring his body back
I thought he was mad.
Na me no get sense pic.twitter.com/dsqjc3SgSp— NaijaFarmer (@Nig_Farmer) January 25, 2020
Recall that Leah was abducted among 110 schoolgirls by the dreaded Boko Haram sect from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College in Dapchi, Adamawa State on February 19, 2018 at about 5:30 pm.
Meanwhile, the family of the abducted girl has described reports that Leah is now having a baby boy in captivity for a top Boko Haram commander who lives outside Nigeria as a rumour.
A senior lecturer at the Department of Political Science, University of Jos, Dr. Gloria Puldu, who speaks for the family, said that all they wanted was to have Leah home alive, with or without a baby.
According to Punch, Puldu said, “I have seen reports that Leah had a baby boy. That is just a rumour as far as we are concerned. What we even desire is to see a proof of life so that we see Leah by ourselves. If they are able to have Leah safe, we will understand.
“The most important thing is that we want her to be alive. And if she is alive, we will praise God for that. They should release her, despite whatever condition she is in. That is all; it doesn’t matter whether she is pregnant or with a baby. Is it not better to have your child alive? So, it doesn’t matter, all we are interested in is her life and safety.”
Puldu also noted that they had unconfirmed information that Leah was still alive.
She said, “I spoke with Jennifer, who was in Boko Haram captivity, last Monday or Tuesday. I was able to speak with her one-on-one and she told us that she did not see Leah in captivity, but she was with Alison Gada, who informed her that Leah was alive, healthy and not dead.”
Incidentally, President of Ekklesiyar Yan’uwa a Nigeria (Church of the Brethren), Rev Joel Billi, told one of our correspondents that a journalist who has access to Boko Haram, Ahmad Salkida, told him Leah had become a mother.
The cleric said he got the call from Salkida on the same day the journalist announced the execution of the Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Michika Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Rev Lawan Andimi, by Boko Haram.
He said he had known Salkida as a young boy while he was a pastor in Biu.
Billi said, “Ahmed Salkida, whom I knew as a young boy when I was a pastor in Biu, called me to inform me that Andimi had been gruesomely murdered.
“I was also told by Ahmad Salkida that Leah Sharibu had given birth to a baby. I was devastated. I was staggering and almost fell down because I was shocked to hear that. I couldn’t absorb the shock because Leah Sharibu had become a symbol of the Christian faith. I consider her Christian faith stronger than even that of many church leaders. When I heard that Leah Sharibu was now a mother, I had to ask more than three times just to be sure. Ahmad Salkida said, ‘Leah Sharibu is now a mother.’”
Reacting to the report, last night, Leah’s father, Mr Nathan Sharibu also personally dismissed reports that his daughter has given birth to a baby boy.
“I have not heard that and I don’t want to hear any such news,” he told newsmen.