COMMUNICATIONS Coordinator
of International Christian Concern, ICC, Olivia Miller, has urged the Federal
Government to stop lying to Nigerians, but to hunt down terrorists and end Boko
Haram. ICC, a non-partisan charitable organisation focused on human rights,
religious freedom and assisting the persecuted Christian Church, told Vanguard:
“Boko Haram must be destroyed in order to ensure that this doesn’t keep
happening, but the government must first stop lying by saying that they have
already won.”
On Boko Haram’s vow to keep Alice and Leah Sharibu as slaves for life, Miller
said: ”This means that they are likely going to keep them permanently.
They are saying that they
will no longer accept any ransom or rewards for them, but will likely use them
for work, force them to convert to Islam, and probably rape and beat them.
“Eventually, they will probably sell them to a rich Muslim man, who will force
them to marry and own them.
These are all things that
Boko Haram is well known for doing to young women. Breaking: Cameroon President
Biya re-elected for seventh straight term “My only hope is that they are just
using this to try and get more money from the government.
This would mean that there
is still a chance that they can be saved.” Asked to offer words of consolation
to the mother of Leah Sharibu, the ICC official said: “They miss their daughter
greatly and they cannot do anything to get her back themselves. “The only thing
we can do for them is pray and advocate for Leah and their family.”
Vanguard
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