Boko Haram Threatens to Kill 15-year-old Captive

Boko Haram, the Islamic terroist group most active in Nigeria, is threatening to murder 15-year-old Leah Sharibu.

Ms Sharibu was one the 112 girls that Boke Haram kidnapped from a boarding school a few months ago. The government of Nigeria paid a ransom to free the other girls. Leah Shariba is still in captivity because she refused to renounce her Christian faith.

From CNN:

Christians in Nigeria are desperately praying for 15-year-old Leah Sharibu as the one-month deadline to save the only Dapchi schoolgirl left in Boko Haram captivity draws to an end this week.

The terrorist group’s ISIS-affiliated faction threatened last month to kill the teenager, who was held back for refusing to renounce her Christian beliefs. The other hostages, 104 of her schoolmates, were released following negotiations with the Nigerian government in March.

Her resolute faith in the face of death has inspired evangelists, pastors, and everyday Christians across Africa’s most populous nation.

Boko Haram abducted 112 female students preparing for final exams at Government Girls’ Science and Technical College Dapchi in the northeastern state of Yobe. Six of the girls from the all-female boarding school died during captivity while one escaped, leaving Sharibu the only Dapchi student still with her abductors.

“The other nurse and midwife will be executed in a similar manner in one month, including Leah Sharibu,” the sect threatened on September 18 in a video of the execution of Saifura Khosa, a midwife with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).