Rebecca Sharibu, mother of a teenage girl who was kidnapped from her school in Dapchi, Yobe State in February 2018, Leah Sharibu, has arrived in London to meet Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Leah was part of 110 schoolgirls of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College (GGSTC) who were kidnapped by Boko Haram insurgents.
Mrs Sharibu told journalists in London on Thursday that she was in the country to seek the British government’s help, saying President Muhammadu Buhari was not serious about securing the release of her daughter.
In January, Leah was reported to have been delivered of a baby boy for a top Boko Haram commander who lives outside Nigeria.
Leah, aged 14 at the time of her capture, was held back alongside a few others for refusing to convert to Islam.
“I have come to Britain to lay my complaints, I need their help. They should help me, I will like my daughter to be freed from captivity,” the woman said.
“My daughter was abducted among others by Boko Haram terrorists, it was seven months later that President Muhammadu Buhari called me. Since their abduction in February, it was seven months later that he called me.
“When he called me, he told me that my daughter would return that she would not stay long.
“Two weeks later, he sent three ministers to our house and they corroborated what Mr President had told me. The ministers reiterated that Leah would be returned to me, shortly.
“My major worry now is for the government to do whatever possible and free my daughter from captivity. Because, I am seriously disturbed, but there is nothing I can do. If the government is doing nothing, what can I an ordinary citizen do?”
Sharibu commended a non-governmental organisation, Leah Foundation, established in honour of her daughter.
The foundation, she said, sponsored her trip to London.
