Get Leah Sharibu released now, don’t wait till election is close – Omokri tells Buhari

A former aide to ex-President Goodluck Jonathan, Reno Omokri, on
Thursday demanded the release of the abducted Christian girl, Leah
Sharibu.

Leading a protest at Nigeria's High Commission in London, Omokri
encouraged the Federal Government to negotiate the release of Sharibu.

Leah was one of the schoolgirls Boko Haram had few months ago
kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe State.

Following the public outcry that followed the abduction of the
students, Boko Haram had released the girls but refused to set Sharibu
free over her refusal to renounce Christianity.

However, Omokri, while speaking in London urged President Muhammadu
Buhari not to use the kidnap of the Christian girl to score cheap
political points.

Omokri said, "President Muhammadu Buhari, you should do everything
within your power.

"Don't try to use that to score political points and then keep her and
then maybe release her when it's time for the elections. Let her go
now."

Omokri berated Boko Haram for the continued detention of Leah, adding
that the act is, "anti-Islam and anti-Quran".

"What you are doing is wrong; it is anti-Islam, anti-Quran. Release
Leah Sharibu," he said.