Ishaq Oloyede, secretary-general,
Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), says the organisation has
reached out to Boko Haram over the continued captivity of Leah Sharibu.
Sharibu was among the 112
kidnapped from Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state, on February 19.
Although most of the other girls
later regained freedom, Sharibu was held back for reportedly refusing to
denounce Christianity.
Speaking on Monday at The Point
Newspaper’s annual Ramadan lecture, Oloyede said the council had opened a
channel of communication with the insurgents on the matter.
Oloyede expressed shock over the
threat issued by the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) over Sharibu’s
captivity.
He said: “The unfortunate
abduction of Leah and other girls, both Muslims and Christians, is intensely
hurtful to all right-thinking persons.
“I am aware that the particular
case of Leah made the leadership of the NSCIA reach out to all possible
channels of reaching the group with a proposal to secure amnesty for the group
provided Leah and other girls in captivity are released and the group surrender
their arms. This knowledge made the careless threat particularly painful.
“The Christian Association of
Nigeria recently escalated the state of insecurity with its threat that should
Leah Sharibu die in captivity of Boko Haram, there would be a religious war.
“I am as astonished as the Sultan
of Sokoto and President-General of the Nigerian Supreme Council for Islamic
Affairs, who recently expressed shock at the destructive and counter-productive
statement.
“Boko Haram has never hidden its
mission of setting Nigeria ablaze through a religious war. Whose interest was
the call to serve? Definitely, not that of the innocent Nigerian lady, Leah
Sharibu.”
Oloyede is also the registrar of
the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB).
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