The Federal Government via a statement has denied reports that Dapchi schoolgirl Leah Sharibu is dead.
Lai Mohammed, the Minister of Information and Culture, during a press briefing in Ilorin, Kwara State,tagged the report fake.
Lai added that the news surfaced just a few days to the presidential election, adding that it is yet another ploy by the opposition party to tarnish the image of the administration.
“I think it’s part of the opposition’s strategies to throw everything at the administration and at the President. I think everyday they are realizing the hopelessness of their position.
“Everyday they are amazed by the support Mr. President is receiving from every part of the country and they have decided that they are going to spread falsehood, inflame passion and make this election a Muslim-Christian affair or North-South affair, but people are not
listening to them,”
Recall Leah alongside her classmates in Dapchi, were kidnapped by Boko Haram members back in in February 2018. The terrorists released her colleagues in march 2018. but failed to let Leah go due to her refusal to convert to the Islamic faith.
