The Federal Government (FG) has assured the families of
kidnapped Dapchi schoolgirl, Leah Sharibu and two abducted aid workers on
concerted efforts being made to ensure their release from captivity, reports ITREALMS.
According to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji
Lai Mohammed, who led a three-member Federal Government delegation to Maiduguri
in Borno State and Dapchi in Yobe State, which included Hajiya Aisha Abubakar,
the Minister of State for Industry, Trade and Investment, who also oversees Women
Affairs, and the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajiya Khadija Abba
Bukar Ibrahim, met with Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, Mother of Leah, as well as other members
of their family at an emotion-laden ceremony.
Speaking at the occasion, Alhaji Mohammed said President
Muhammadu Buhari sent the delegation as a follow-up to his phone call to Leah's
mother a few days ago, adding that the government will not rest until Leah has
been reunited with her family.
Visibly excited students of the Government Girls Science and
Technical College, Dapchi, from where Leah and about 109 of her colleagues were
abducted on 19 February 2018, trooped out to welcome the delegation when the
chopper that ferried them to Dapchi landed in the school premises.
Earlier, the delegation also met with the families of the
three aid workers who were abducted in March 2018.
At the meeting, which was held in the Borno State Government
House, Alhaji Mohammed reassured them of the Government's efforts to secure the
release of the two that remained in captivity, Alice Loksha and Amina Liman.
He also condoled with the parents of the third aid worker,
Saifura Hussaini Ahmed, who was killed by her abductors last month.
The Minister said this is a trying time for the government
and people of Borno State, but praised the government's resilience in tackling
the challenges arising from the Boko Haram insurgency.
The Deputy Governor of Borno, Alhaji Usman Durkwa, who
received the delegation, expressed gratitude to President Buhari for sending
the delegation to the state, saying this shows that the President is a true
leader.
PIC: From left: Minister of State Industry, Trade and Investment, overseeing the Ministry of Women Affairs, Hajia Aisha Abubakar; Mrs. Rebecca Sharibu; Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed; Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Hajia Khadija Abba Ibrahim when a Federal Government delegation visited Mrs. Sharibu, mother of the one of the abducted Dapchi school girls still in captivity in Dapchi, Yobe State, on Friday.
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