Leah Sharibu refused to accept Islam, resisting the entreaties of her classmates to pretend to do so, her parents learned from snatched conversation with her friends. Early on Wednesday morning, Rebecca Sharibu, the mother of Leah, 15, heard girls’ voices and the sound of vehicles driving past her house. Photograph: Philip Ojisua/AFP/Getty ImagesFrantic with worry, she found two of Leah’s friends and asked them: “Where is Leah, I can’t find my Leah, why did you leave her there?”The girls told her: “Boko Haram told Leah to accept Islam and she refused. Instead of lining them up for photocalls on Buhari’s lawn, some Dapchi parents, who did not find their children among those Boko Haram dropped off, wanted to talk to the returned girls to find out what happened. “I didn’t think that girl could do something like that because she is young, small and she doesn’t talk just like that.

Source: The Guardian March 24, 2018 04:52 UTC