BOKO HARAM INSURGENTS HAVE NO POWER, BEN BRUCE BOASTS

Abubakar Shekau, leader of a faction of the Boko Haram insurgents and some of his lieutenants.

A vocal Nigerian Senator representing Bayelsa East Constituency at the Senate, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has said that the tenacity of Leah Sharibu, the remaining Dapchi girl still being held by the insurgents, in her refusal to renounce her Christian faith, has clearly demystified the power that the Boko Haram insurgents are believed to have.

Speaking earlier Wednesday through his twitter handle, the self-styled “Commonsense Senator” declared that without guns and bombs, Leah had overpowered her captors by her refusal to negotiate her faith with terrorists. 

"Leah has refused to negotiate her faith with terrorists. She has shown that you don’t negotiate with terrorists. Between Boko Haram and Leah, who has the power? It is Leah,” the Senator stated.

Leah Sharibu made the headlines earlier last week when it was reported that of the 110 school girls that the insurgents had abducted in Dapchi, a town in Yobe State, North-East Nigeria, and later released after about two weeks in their custody, she was held back for refusing to be converted to a Muslim. As at the time of this report, this development has continued to attract debates in the public space.

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Senator has Bruce hailed the girl’s determination to remain resolute in holding on to her faith even in the face of grave threat to her life.

“Without guns and bombs, she has overpowered her captors. May God bring Leah, my hero, safely back home,” the lawmaker offered.

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