The Presidency has reacted to a claim made by kidnapped aide worker Grace Taku that Leah Sharibu has been killed by Boko Haram terrorists.
Taku who was kidnapped by men of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Borno State on July 18, was seen in a video confirming the death of the only schoolgirl not returned during the 2018 kidnapped in Dapchi, Yobe State.
In a statement released on Thursday, presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, acknowledged the video.
Shehu also said the government has been assured that contact is being made for the release of the captives, including Leah Sharibu.
He said: “The Presidency has been briefed by the responsible government agency about the disturbing video showing our citizens, the humanitarian aid workers held captive.
“Presidency has been given assurances that contact is being made and the captors are being talked to.
“Besides these aid workers, there are some others about whom this engagement is about-Leah Sharibu, a religious leader and all the others. These discussions have been ongoing even before this time and what this latest incident has done is to bring urgency to the efforts that the secret service is making.
“Government is making contacts, in the hope that the captors will see reason to not visit hardship or even harm on these innocent individuals.”
According to Taku, who works with Action Against Hunger, Leah and some other people were killed because of the inability of the Federal Government to save them.
“I am begging on behalf of all of us. I don’t want such to happen to us and it also happened again with Leah and Alice, because Nigeria could not do anything about them, they were not released they were also killed,” Taku said in the video.
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