According to a report by
Punch Metro, over seven months after the abduction of Leah Sharibu by Boko
Haram insurgents, Mrs Rebecca Sharibu, mother of the kidnapped schoolgirl, has
filed an action at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming N500m damages.
Leah Sharibu was one of the
110 female students of Government Girls’ Science and Technical College, Dapchi,
Yobe State, who had been held in captivity since February 19, 2018, by Boko
Haram terrorists on account of her Christian faith.
Punch Metro reports that
the embattled mother in the suit jointly filed with Daniel David Kadzai and a
United States-based Lift-Up-Now Incorporation, a Non-Governmental Organisation,
demanded N500m as a compensation for the indignities and human deprivations
suffered by Leah since her abduction in February 2018.
A copy of the court
processes was made available to journalists on Tuesday in Jos, Plateau State
capital.
Also joined in the suit
dated September 19, 2018, with no FCH/L/cs/1528/18, were the Inspector-General
of Police, Ibrahim Idris, and the Attorney General of the Federation and
Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN).
The defendants were joined
over their failure to ensure the release of Leah and for failing in their
statutory responsibilities.
Among the reliefs sought by
the plaintiffs is an order of the court to direct and mandate the defendants to
secure the immediate and unconditional release of Leah from the custody of her
captors.
The plaintiffs also prayed
the court for an order compelling the defendants to employ every means in
securing her release.
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