And for Leah Sharibu’s parent, the day will remind them of the peril that their daughter faces since February 19, when she was kidnapped from her school in Dapchi, along with 110 other girls. While others have been released, Leah’s abductors have refused to free her because she did not renounce her Christian faith. Access to education in northern Nigeria is still alarmingly low. That figure is the third highest in the Northeast region and the fifth highest among the 10 northern states covered in the report. “The abductions illustrate that Boko Haram remains a menace to swathes of northeast Nigeria,” the International Crisis Group said in a report published in April.

Source: The Guardian October 13, 2018 10:46 UTC