Who is Leah Sharibu and why does she matter?

On February 19, 2018, ISWAP attacked the Government Girls Science and
Technical School in Dapchi, Yobe State, Nigeria. ISWAP abducted 110
girls, five of whom were reported killed in the abduction. In March,
ISWAP returned 104 girls to their families, all the students they had
abducted from the school except for Leah Sharibu. ISWAP reportedly kept
Leah Sharibu because she refused to comply with their demands and
convert to Islam. Born on May 14, 2003, Leah Sharibu has had her 15th,
16th, 17th, and 18th birthday while in ISWAP captivity.

ISWAP threatened to kill Leah Sharibu if their demands were not met.
The Nigerian government has said it “will not relent in efforts to bring
Leah Sharibu safely back home.” In September 2018, ISWAP executed
Saifura Ahmed, one of three humanitarian aid workers linked with the
International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (ICRC) they
had abducted in March, threatening to do the same to the two others and
to Leah Sharibu. In October, ISWAP killed the second, Hauwa Mohammad
Liman. Alice Loksha, the third aid worker remains in captivity. ISWAP’s
most recent threat has been to keep Leah Sharibu as a “slave for life.”
According to estimates, ISWAP continues to detain hundreds of
individuals in northeast Nigeria.

https://www.uscirf.gov/religious-prisoners-conscience/current-rpocs/leah-sharibu

https://www.vomcanada.com/ng-leah-sharibu.htm