Police secure the release of 13-year-old girl abducted & converted to Islam by her uncle in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police
have secured the release of a young girl that was abducted by her Uncle in
Bauchi State and forcibly converted to Islam.
Her father, an ordained
Elder of Seventh-day Adventist Church, Elder Bawa Buba, had written an open
letter to cry out over the abduction and islamization of his 13 year old
daughter Alheri Bawa by her uncle Mal Dauda Buba.
According
to him, she had gone to visit her uncles in their family compound in Siri
Village, but later followed one of her uncle's children to spend the weekend in
Bauchi city.
Days after she did not
return, he made a call to Dauda Buba, who is a son to his Elder brother, to
whom the girl had gone to visit, to enquire whether my daughter was with him as
reported. To his surprise, he was informed of the shocking news and told that
the girl had been islamized, that he should forget about seeing her any time
soon. When their family members could not internally resolve the issue, he took
the case to the Police - who tried to help but later regarded it as a mere
Civil case. This forced him to reach out to the media for help.
After weeks of pressure
from the media and international community, including the intervention of the
Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, the Bauchi State Commissioner of
Police, Baba Tijanni, secured Alheri Bawa's release and safely reunited her
with her family. Her abductor - Mal Dauda Bawa is currently in police custody
and would reportedly be charged to court soon.
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