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Report I sued FG not true – Leah Sharibu’s Mother
The report that the Federal Government has been dragged to court by Rebecca Sharibu, the mother of Leah Sharibu has been denied.
The mother refuted the report which was widely reported in different media platform when she spoke with the CNN Wednesday morning.
Leah Sharibu is the one of the Dapchi schoolgirl who was abducted by Boko Haram in February this year, while over 100 others abducted along with her were soon freed, she has remained in the custody of the Nigeria terrorist Islamic group.
Reports of her mother suing the Federal Government for its failure to rescue her daughter, seven months after her abduction had saturated the Nigerian media space.
But the CNN in a post on its Twitter handle claimed the mother of the teenage girl “strenuously denied” the claims.
READ ALSO: Leah Sharibu’s mother, others sue FG for N500m
The tweet read, “Rebecca Sharibu, the mother of Dapchi schoolgirl, #LeahSharibu who has been in Boko Haram captivity since February, spoke to CNN this morning and has denied reports that she is suing the federal government of Nigeria for damages
“Several publications reported that #LeahSharibu’s mother is suing Nigeria’s federal government for more than $1m. CNN made multiple calls to Rebecca Sharibu and she strenuously denied reports that she had filed the lawsuit.”
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