Abducting young school girls means a lot to the terrorists’ campaign mantra against western education generally and female education specifically. The only other student who still remains in captivity till today is a 15-year old girl who is a Christian by faith. The girl, Leah Sharibu, the only non-Muslim in the group was asked to convert to Islam if she wanted to be freed along with the others. The world has made her the poster girl for peace, girl-child education and the warrior for a good cause. Instinctively the girl simply said, No.

Source: The Guardian April 17, 2018 04:18 UTC