The ECWA Church, Leah's Church, has declared a
three- day fasting and prayer for the
release of Leah Sharibu, one of the
girls abducted by insurgents at the
Girls Government Technical School,
Dapchi, Yobe State.
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that 15 - year - old Leah , who was
abducted along with 115 other girls on February 19 , is the only student still in the captors’ custody.
It was reported that she was not released along with others because she refused to denounce her Christian faith.
The Federal Government has promised to ensure her release , with
government officials stating that
negotiations were ongoing toward
securing her freedom .
ECWA President, Dr. Jeremiah Gado,
announced the church’ s resolve to
crave God’ s intervention in Leah ’s
case at the end of a four - day General Church Council meeting on Friday in Jos .
“ We want to fast and hold special
prayer sessions for Leah Sharibu. All
ECWA members should fast and pray for God’s intervention toward freeing Leah ,” he stated.
Gado, who read the communique, directed members to also
use the period to pray for God’s
intervention in the security and
economic situations of the country .
According to him, the fasting and
prayer will start on April 27 and end
on April 29 , 2018 .
“ The fasting and prayer will be
rounded off with special church
services in all ECWA Church branches the world over on April 29 ,” he said; and urged other Christians to join in the intercessory prayer .
The Church tasked the Federal
Government to extend the negotiation mechanism being applied to free the remaining Chibok girls, to free Leah , and called for stringent measures to end such abductions.
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