Former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode, has claimed that one Leah Salibu was not among the Dapchi schoolgirls released by Boko Haram on Wednesday because she is a Christian.
Fani-Kayode blamed President Muhammadu Buhari for the insurgents’ failure to return Leah and rained curses in a series of tweets posted on his page.
Read tweets below:
Reports have it that Boko Haram members were touting and mocking our soldiers as they drove past majestically whilst exhibiting a show of force.
If these reports are accurate one is compelled and constrained to ask the following question: are we really one country?
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 22, 2018
It's no longer news that the only girl that was left behind amongst the Dapchi girls was a Christian. I don't blame Buhari or Boko Haram: I blame CAN, PFN and Osinbajo. For God sake do something for this little girl that refuses to renounce her faith and that stands for Christ!
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 22, 2018
U told ur Boko Haram boys to return the Dapchi girls yet Leah Salibu, the only Christian amongst them, was not released because of her faith. Now she is feared dead. 105 girls were taken and according to CNN 101 have been returned. But little Leah was not brought home…1/2
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 21, 2018
“Boko Haram shook hands with the parents and apologised for abducting them.They said if they knew they were Muslim girls,they wouldn’t have abducted them"-Guardian
Leah Salibu,the only Christian among the Dapchi girls has not been released cos she refused to renounce her faith.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 21, 2018
…I pray for Leah and her family.May God console them,give them strength and avenge them.I call on the Christian God,the Lord of the Universe,the Great Avenger and the God of all flesh,to avenge us and remove these cow lovers and sons of the bonded woman from the seat of power.
— Femi Fani-Kayode (@realFFK) March 21, 2018
The Federal Government has pointedly denied paying ransom to Boko Haram over the release of the schoolgirls.