Habila Gambo, a farmer in Shudna village in Shiroro Local
Government Area of Niger State, has petitioned the Inspector General of
Police (IG), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, over the abduction and forceful
marriage of his 16-year-old daughter, Janet, by a tailor, Nasiru Yusuf.
Government Area of Niger State, has petitioned the Inspector General of
Police (IG), Alhaji Ibrahim Idris, over the abduction and forceful
marriage of his 16-year-old daughter, Janet, by a tailor, Nasiru Yusuf.
Yusuf, according to the petition, had abducted the teenager in Erena village where she was an apprentice tailor.
In the petition titled: “Complaints of criminal breach of
trust, kidnapping, unlawful abduction and forceful marriage of a minor,
Janet Habila by one Nasiru Yusuf of Erena village in Shiroro Local
Government of Niger State”, Gambo said his daughter was kidnapped and forced into marriage by the man who was entrusted to train her as a tailor.
trust, kidnapping, unlawful abduction and forceful marriage of a minor,
Janet Habila by one Nasiru Yusuf of Erena village in Shiroro Local
Government of Niger State”, Gambo said his daughter was kidnapped and forced into marriage by the man who was entrusted to train her as a tailor.
The petition dated 24th April, 2017 and signed on behalf of the
petitioner by one Daniel Omakor of Cosmic Chambers Minna a copy of which
was made available to newsmen also accused a Sharia Court judge in
Erena of conspiring with Yusuf to secretly contract a marriage between
Janet and Yusuf under unknown Islamic law without the consent of her
Christian parents.
petitioner by one Daniel Omakor of Cosmic Chambers Minna a copy of which
was made available to newsmen also accused a Sharia Court judge in
Erena of conspiring with Yusuf to secretly contract a marriage between
Janet and Yusuf under unknown Islamic law without the consent of her
Christian parents.
More to follow…