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Leah Sharibu reportedly delivers second child in Boko Haram captivity

Abandoned Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu, has reportedly given birth to a second child in Boko Haram captivity.

It has been three years and five weeks since her abduction in Dapchi, Yobe State.

A United States-based group, US-Nigeria Law Group, has lamented Sharibu’s plight.

It would be recalled that Leah, still held in captivity, was forced to accept Islam before being married off to a top Boko Haram commander after she refused to renounce her Christian faith.

Leah was among 110 girls, aged between 11 and 19 years, who were abducted by the terrorists from Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi, on February 19, 2018.

Convener of the US-Nigeria Law Group, Emmanuel Ogebe, said in a statement that “despite an offer by an American pastor last month to surrender himself in exchange for Leah’s freedom, there has been no tangible response from her captors.

“That notwithstanding, intelligence received on the status of Leah indicates that she has delivered a second child in captivity. While we have not corroborated this by multiple sources, a usually knowledgeable source indicated that she delivered a second child late last year. This means both children were born in 2020 as the terrorists announced her childbirth earlier in 2020. We are still investigating this.”

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