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Buhari Hasn’t Done Enough To Secure Leah’s Release -Fani-Kayode
A former Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of not doing enough to secure the release of Leah Sharibu.
He also said Christians in the country were being marginalised.
Kayode disclosed this, yesterday while presenting a paper, titled “Good Governance in Nigeria today: A crucial role of the church”, held at the Nigeria Bible Translation Trust (NBTT), Jos, Plateau State.
He said, “What we can do is to go back to our churches and encourage our people that we must speak to our government and tell the government to do the right thing for people like Leah Shariubu who, as far as I am concerned, was abandoned by this government.
“I don’t believe for one minute that they have pushed hard enough for her to be freed, she was the only Christian among those girls that was not freed, and they came out boldly and said because she is a Christian she will not be freed and I expect the government to do far more than what they are doing.
“This a blow on this government, it is a spiritual wound on this government because over a hundred million Christians in this country actually believe that if you are captured by these evil men, if you are kidnapped and carried away that they will not care about you because you are a Christian, meanwhile they care about the Muslims and ensure that the Muslims are freed, that is not acceptable and it is something that we should stand against,” he said.
He said Christians have been a target of Boko Haram and Fulani herdsmen who have killed women, children and the aged in the past years.