70-year -old man in Police net for abduction of 15 Years old Girl
2 min readA 70- year- old man simply identified as Muhammed has been arrested for allegedly abducting and converting a 15 year old girl.
The teenager,whose name was given as Victory but changed to Hadiza was allegedly converted to Islam within three weeks.
The incident was said to taken place in Niger state where Muhammed reportedly connived with some individuals to abduct the 15 year old victim, whose name and religion were changed.
Speaking to newsmen, Victory’s father Mr Paul explained that his daughter was kidnapped by some individuals who assigned her a husband within the 3 weeks of her abduction.
The plan of her abductors were however foiled after a water vendor brought news of his daughter’s location.
Narrating how his daughter was found he said, “My family is distraught to see how a 70-year-old man can abduct my daughter and without any shame, keep her in his house for more than three weeks until some people brought the information to us.”
Explaining further on what happened when Mohammed was confronted, Mr Paul said, “When we discovered that the man had taken the girl and we approached him, the man was very boastful that my daughter voluntarily ‘converted to Islam’ and that he was taking her to Suleja if we insisted on taking her back and we were all shocked.
He added, “The suspect even demanded that we the parents must sign an agreement with him before he could release my daughter to me. We reported the matter to the police but they said they could not do anything about it and then some persons reached out to NAPTIP that eventually stepped in.”
The child is currently with NAPTIP in one of their centres who intervened and took custody of her.
Okah-Donli, the Director General of NAPTIP confirmed the unfortunate incident while assuring that the suspects involved have been arrested and will be charged to court.
