Media personalities, Toke Makinwa and Stephanie Coker have joined other celebrities to hail Leah Sharibu, the Christian Dapchi girl who was not released by Boko Haram because she refused to convert to Islam.
Toke wrote on her Instagram page;
“If this is not bravery, I don’t know what to call it. This young lady Leah was one of the abducted Dapchi school girls, she refused to deny her faith and sse was held back while the others have been released.
Heavenly Father, as she stood up unashamed for you, as she refused to denounce her faith in the face of the unknown, I pray that you too will defend her, cover her Lord, do as you did in the days of the 3 Jewish boys who refused to bow down to a foreign god and by her act of boldness change the hearts of her abductors, Jesus, save them. Forgive them, introduce yourself to them and let them find salvation Lord and lastly let this inspire everyone who is struggling with their faith, let this miracle open our eyes and hearts to you Lord. You have done it before, you will do it again. It shall end in praise”
Stephanie wrote;
“If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He also will deny us”. 2 Timothy 2:12
We are all inspired by your faith in the Lord and bravery Liah. The strength of the girl child ”
Leah was kidnapped with 110 others but was the only one held back after she vehemently refused to denounce her religion.The federal government has vowed to release her.
Also, Nigerian media personalities, Daddy Freeze and IK Osakioduwa, took to their Instagram pages to react to the viral report of a Dapchi girl, Liya Sharibu, who wasn’t released alongside others all because she refused to denounce Christ.
Daddy Freeze wrote;
“Sad to see this poor girl and her family go through this…Where are all those thieving Daddy GOs on this matter? Oh sorry, my bad, it doesn’t concern tithes.The only Christ they are about is the one that fuels their jets, buys their Gucci sweaters and funds the tomfoolery their ridiculous doctrine has shamefully become! ~FRZ
#FreeTheSheeple”
IK Osakioduwa also wrote;
“This morning I pray for the brave young Christian student Leah Sharibu, still being held by Boko Haram abductors because she refused to renounce her Christianity. May God bring you back to us safely in Jesus name. I salute your courage. You are an inspiration to us all. #FreeLeah #FreeWorship”
Just after the news of Liya Sharibu not being among the freed girls went viral, her parents said they were 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, Liya’s mother corroborated the story of 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.
She said Liya was left with three other Boko Haram women, and that her daughter sent a message through her school mates.“She sent a message that we should pray for God’s will to be done in her life,” the mother said.
