Source: Xinhua| 2018-10-04 03:55:49|Editor: yan

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LAGOS, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday assured that his administration will do everything possible to bring the abducted school girl, Leah Sharibu back home.

Leah Sharibu is the only Christian among the 110 abducted students of Government Girls Secondary School in Dapchi town of northeast Yobe, still in Boko Haram captivity.

Buhari said on Twitter Wednesday that he spoke with Rebecca Sharibu, the girl's mother, and assured her that the government will bring her daughter back home safely.

"The thoughts and prayers of all Nigerians are with the Sharibu family, and the families of all those still in captivity. We will do everything we can to bring them back," he said.

A faction of the Boko Haram terrorists were reported to have issued Oct. 15 as deadline for the government to meet their demands on the release of Leah or they would kill her.

Sharibu and 109 other girls were abducted from an all-girl college in the northeastern town of Dapchi on Feb. 19 by Boko Haram.

A total of 104 of the schoolgirls were brought back to Dapchi on March 21 by the terror group following a negotiation with the government.

Other girls may have died while in captivity, according to security sources.

Dapchi is located 100 kilometers from Damaturu, the capital of the northern state of Yobe.

Boko Haram is a Jihadist militant organization based in northeastern Nigeria. Media reports said Boko Haram has killed more than 20,000 innocent people since 2009 through terror attacks.