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    Nigerian President Tells 100-Plus Girls Freed By Boko Haram To Follow Their Dreams

    Days after their release, Muhammadu Buhari told the girls seized in the Feb. 19 mass abduction by an ISIS-affiliated faction of Boko Haram to embrace the future and pursue their dreams, without fear.
    by Ofeibea Quist-Arcton Mar 25, 2018 5 minutes
    Rebecca Sharibu, mother of 15-year-old Leah, abducted by Boko Haram with 109 schoolmates last month. Leah remains a captive after refusing to renounce Christianity and become a Muslim.

    Nigeria's president, Muhammadu Buhari, has been meeting more than 100 girls after their dramatic release this week by Boko Haram, a month after they were abducted from their boarding school dormitories in the town of Dapchi in the northeast.

    Buhari held the meeting at the presidential villa in the capital, Abuja, Friday with scores of Dapchi schoolgirls and one lone boy freed with them on Wednesday. He told the girls seized in the Feb. 19 mass abduction by an ISIS-affiliated faction of Boko Haram to embrace the future and pursue their dreams, without fear.

    "To the rescued students, we want to assure you as our daughters that you will freely live and pursue your dreams in Nigeria, without fear of violence or molestation."

    Buhari's administration, which was

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