Reno Omokri, an ex-aide to former
President Goodluck Jonathan, has been nominated for the “Most Outstanding
Humanitarian Cause” award at the 2019 Hollywood Magazine Film Festival.
The organisers of the award
billed to hold on November 2 said the lawyer and author was nominated for his
role in the campaign for the release of Leah Sharibu, a schoolgirl abducted
during a Boko Haram raid on Dapchi Yobe state.
In a letter, former
Vice-President Atiku Abubakar lauded Omokri, saying that the development should
be seen as a reason for Omokri to intensify efforts targeted at advancing the
cause for the release of Sharibu and ending other forms of injustice in the
country.
“Thank you very much for the
email and further correspondence informing me on your selection for the ‘Most
Outstanding Humanitarian Cause 2019’ award by the Hollywood weekly magazine,
scheduled to take place at the Hollywood Film Festival in Los Angeles on
November 2, 2019,” the letter read.
“I write to heartily congratulate
you on your well-deserved selection for this award. It is very fitting that
your campaigning for the release of young Leah Sharibu, the only one of the
Dapchi schoolgirls who was inexplicably left out in the negotiated release of
her mates, is being recognized by this award.
“I hope that you will see this
award as a reason to intensify your campaign for Leah’s release and for ending
other forms of injustice in our society. My family and I rejoice with you on
this auspicious occasion and pray to God to grant you the strength and wisdom
to continue doing good.”
Sharibu was among the 112 persons
kidnapped from the Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe state by the Boko
Haram sect in February 2018.
While her colleagues have long
regained freedom, the 16-year-old was held back for reportedly refusing to
denounce Christianity.
Omokri has been on the forefront
of the campaign for her release.
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