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Leah Sharibu: NGO wants FG to intensify efforts on freedom

The Coalition Against Corruption and Bad Governance (CACOBAG) has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to intensify efforts to secure the release of the abducted Chibok girl, Leah Sharibu, and others still in captivity.

CACOBAG chairman Toyin Raheem, in a statement in Lagos on Friday, said that Sharibu’s freedom would be a “great gift to Nigerians by the Federal Government”.

He noted that Sharibu was among the 110 schoolgirls abducted on February 19, 2018 and had marked her 15th and 16th birthdays in captivity.

Raheem said: “As the first campaign Chairman of the Action Team Against Conscription and Kidnap, we join the Bring Back our Girls Campaigners and all Nigerians worldwide to celebrate Leah Sharibu.

“We also use the opportunity to implore President Buhari to intensify efforts to secure her release.

“It will be the best gift to Nigerians; it will be appreciated worldwide.”  (NAN)