A young girl named Ifeoma Nichodemus angrily left her parents home in the Hausa community in Zaria, Kaduna in May 2014 after an altercation with her mum. She reportedly went to a neighbours house to calm down or so her parents thought...21 months later, the parents are yet to see her. Ifeoma is now believed to be living as Aisha somewhere in Kaduna after allegedly being married off. Read the full story from
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Ifeoma, now 16, Saturday Sun learnt, might have been converted to Islam,
even as her mother disclosed that she gathered reliably that her
daughter had been married off. This was the story, told to our reporter
in November last year.
Since then, nothing happened. But by last week Wednesday, apparently
following the public outcry over the abduction of Bayelsa-born Ese,
Mr. Nichodemus was sighted at the Police Command headquarters, in
Kaduna. However, neither the Police nor Mr. Nichodemus, was forthcoming
on what transpired last Wednesday.
The only thing he told Saturday Sun when pressed further was that “the
situation remains the same. Nothing has changed, as my daughter is not
back. The Sharia Court handling the matter keeps adjourning the case
and as a result, we are still where we were last year”
Speaking during an interview then, Ndubuisi Nichodemus, resident of
Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Kaduna State, who appealed to the authorities
concerned, to help rescue his daughter, allegedly in the custody of
another man since 2014, said her daughter had come home late on that
fateful day and felt, as responsible parents, she should be scolded.
They did, and the girl ran into a neighbour’s house.
Thereafter, he said the girl claimed she had renounced Christianity for
Islam as her preferred religion, which made one of the neighbours
simply identified as Abdullahi to take the girl to one Alhaji Shehu
Khalil, who train new converts into Islam. This is even as Ifeoma’s
biological mother disclosed that she heard reliably that her daughter
has been given out in marriage without her knowledge and consent.
According to Nudubuisi, “it all started in May (2014) when she came
home late and her mother talked to her. She then left the compound to
our neighbour’s place. We lived in the midst of Hausa who are majorly
Muslims. So, we learnt that Abdullahi has taken her to Mallam, Khalil
who work with Ahmadu Bello University, at Energy Research here in
Samaru. The next thing we heard was the conversion of our daughter to
Islam.
“So after we approached him for the release of our daughter, he told us
she had traveled to Sokoto. When we reported the case to the Christian
Association of Nigeria (CAN) in Zaria, and they wrote to Commissioner
of Police Kaduna State, Directorate of State Security (DSS) for
assistance, the Police Commissioner, Shehu Umar, sent some of his men to
Zaria, that the girl should be handed over to her biological parents.
“But on getting to Zaria, the man has gone to Sharia Court in Zaria to
collect a court order, granting him the custody of the girl. This was
granted without consulting her biological father.
“So, we were told that our daughter had been moved from Zaria to one
school called Da-rul Islam in Kaduna where new converts are usually
taken to. This attitude is capable of igniting religion crisis in the
State. We have been in Zaria for more than three decades without having
any issue with anybody.
“Now when we approached the school in Kaduna alongside the CAN
representative, the school told us to go and get a written clarification
to that effect because there was a written order from court before she
was admitted. The school later appealed to us to come and take our girl
because she was given them problem. But we need court order to do that.
“Even with the intervention of the Commissioner of Police that the girl
should be released to us, the court refused to release her and instead
transferred the case to upper Sharia court in Zaria.
“In fact, for more than a year now, we have not set our eyes on our own
daughter when we are still alive. We are against this impunity that our
child will be in custody of another man when we the parents are alive.
“The whole episode had even forced us out of the former house where it
all started. We are hereby calling on concerned authorities including
the State government to come to our rescue. They have aborted her
schooling. She has also been kept incommunicado as we are no longer
hearing from her. She remains a Christian and not a Muslim as they
claim. She is just a 15-year-old girl and that makes her a minor in this
case. I want my daughter back so she can continue with her education.”
But Ifeoma’s mother, Angnes Nichodemus’ view was completely different
form her husband’s. She alleged that her daughter was said to have been
married out to a Hausa Muslim without the consent of her parents.
According to her, “I was told that one Hausa boy has been given my
daughter, a minor, as wife without our input as parents. I was made to
realise that the boy is working inside ABU here in Zaria, though I don’t
know whether as a staff of the school or not. This is rather modern
oppression and slavery.
“We have been doing everything we could legally. But from the way it has
been, it shows we are not one Nigeria. You can imagine how you will
feel as a mother when your child is missing. But my daughter’s case is
different because for more than a year now she is being in custody of
another man. No contact, no phone call. This is rather unfortunate.”
When contacted through his mobile telephone, the man at the centre of
the allegation, Alhaji Shehu Khalil, was not ready to give much details
on the issues raised.
Instead, he just said “How did you manage to get my number? Who said he
has his daughter in my custody? Well, I don’t know anything. You can
come to Zaria I don’t know anything because I cannot talk to you on
phone.”
The Police on its part, through its Kaduna Command Public Relations
Officer (PPRO), DSP Zubair Abubakar, confirmed the incident but declined
to comment further, saying “you know the case is still in court and I’m
not permitted until the court decides.”
113 comments:
Haa! #FreeIfeoma will soon start. 21months? Guess she'll be a mother now.
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Wats going on?
... Merited happiness
What are they doing with all this girls for GOD sake😱😱😥😏😀😬
These hausa he goats won't just stop
Seriously
Speak out now.....for your deliverance has come.... Anyone Wey pikin don lose...it's time to get ur children back....
Sad, baba tourist what can u say about dis??? Is it by force to become a Muslim? God help us from this evil sects of humans
Nawaoooooo
All dis abokis her n der
Wats der plan????
It's getting out of Hand
#spritual
End time fins. * it's well*
Wtf! e don reach to adopt my igbo sister? u see hausa people? It shall never be well with them. They will forever know no peace in their lives!
Oga Buhari what are you doing about these paedophiles? Abduction of minors and their seduction into marriage is against the law. Or wait does sharia law permit that. Which law is the ruling one in Nigeria? The man has kept silent. ..Ah EFCC is for thieves of money which one is for thieves of human beings and minors. WTF??????.
This is highly unbecoming 😁😁😁
I'm tired of these so called Muslim forcing young ladies to marriage and conversion .na by force to b islam,n even if one decides wil u tak dem away from their families?
Ah ah what's happening?
This is evil! A religion that coerces is not a good religion!!
Federal government should be involved in the matter cos it's going out of hand. More of this cases are yet to be uncovered!
The box of works is unravelling. Pedophiles snatching kids from their parent and marrying them off .... This is evil. The police force is a shame!!' May God punish them! They aid and abet these Muslim perverts to sell small girls into sex slavery and bondage
Islamization of Nigeria
What is going on in this country?? No wonder biafrans call it a zoo and want out! Smart ppl, do you blame them? These Muslims have no respect for any other person in dis country but themselves. What is buhari's view on this? Our saintly president. Pls Linda, keep writing about this girl like you do those boys that were killed in port harcourt till she comes home. One country indeed.
no mine them why they no cry out since
She left voluntarily plsss. I dunno how a girl of 15 will have liver 2 stay out late or even dare leave my house after scolding her. Blame this on ur bad home training n move on
Nonsense, their children follow men for sex,and they keep on talking rubbish they are abducted and convert to islam.they are minor later on you hear they are pregnant
Abeg who read the story finish should pls summaries it for me
Madam ur daughter ran off and u couldn't go to look for her immediately, pls blame urself. This might sound harsh but its the truth.
To all Muslims so its by force abi. It has now gotten to the. We would watch u all burn in Nigeria . Tick tock tick tock
I hate this Hausa ppl they are all animals... Wats sweet about underage gals? Nonsense ppl
Nawa o, wonder wht dis country is turning into. Linda observe!
This is not only the case. I have said this earlier, there hundreds of Christian girls in this forced marriage. IG of police should do something about it.
Bliss n blossom 2016
Is this d latest trend???
Huu, na wa o,what is it wt all this aboki people taking a minor married them off and convert them to a musilm,I think the president himself need to address this issue being a mallam is getting too much.
Huu, na wa o,what is it wt all this aboki people taking a minor married them off and convert them to a musilm,I think the president himself need to address this issue being a mallam is getting too much.
Na wa oooo. This hausa people. Kai
Na wao
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What's all dis stupidity, abducting girl, forcefully making them ur wife nd changing their religion. This thing has to be taken care of before it gets out of hand. It's a crime to be a teen girl now in some states
Na WA oooo. Hausa jazz more to come. Let all individuals affected come out so that this can be dealt with. Meanwhile, I have three daughters if I see any Muslim near my house not to talk of gteeting them I go break their head. Nonsense.
See ehn, it will amaze u how many gals have been abducted in kaduna alone,most of them from the east and south! Ese is just lucky to be rescued!
Na wa ooo,but i will blame d girl for this
Hmm, thank God for Ese's story, it has given other parents the courage to speak up. God help us as a Nation
Thank God for Ese's story, it has given other parents courage to speak up. God help us as a Nation
All these northerners sef... the bible even outrightly said we should fear north...
Okay
Abeg where is the peace they claim Islam preach. And when you point this case out together with many other cases like boko haram, they will tell u they are not true Muslim. (Someone just told me that) Abeg who are the true Muslim. We need to ask them maybe they chose not to do all these barbaric stuff. Fact is for a decade now too many people have lost their lives through the act of people that claim they follow Islam.
Then how can a nation have two parallel laws. Which one is sharia law again when the proper law is still active. I guess the police office involved in the case followed sharia law and they should the sacked from the force.
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Make this country divide jor
Hmmmm... D tins dt I read abt mks me wonder, ow possible cn des b. Na wa ooooo. All des girls shd b careful oooo.
Teenage pus*y don suffer for the north
-D great anonymous now as Vivian Reginalds
Crap! Crap!! Crap!!!, y'all lost your voices for 21 months?
Ehya!!!
Freeborn please speak on my behalf
Married off or deliberately went off with her lover? Whatever the case may be I pray she returns safely....
In nt surprised dis is happening in Zaria.so many ppl wil strt coming out to speak dere minds cos so many gurls av being. Hypnotized dis way.i don't know whether is. Lack of home training dat is causin all dis or longer throat. A law has to b passed. Concernin all dis barberic attitude Asap
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Plz wat s wit dis abduction ish.m tired jor.all dis girls leave d house on deir own accord
Y did they wait until now to speak up
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O my God seriously we are not one Nigeria how can this be happening inside one country we have two different court may God help us
Na wa e nor get wetin person nor go hear and see....ProudlyDeltan
D story is too long! I dnt believ in d story. Probably their daughter ran away n went to camp in a guys house and did nt return.prob she wz. Threatend by her parents.
Now trending.
Have muslim girls finished? Why come to Christians without their consent. If you want to Marry from another religion, shouldn't you do it the proper way?
She deliberately went with the aboki...
She deliberately went with the aboki...
Nigerians with poor reading culture, we still can not differentiate the meaning of "been" and "being", and when to use them.
This ese story is begining to make many people speak out. I guess more and more people will begin to report abduction and underage forceful marriage
That means this abduction don dey function since n ppl keep quiet. The right authorities should look into this b4 it will spread like bh boys case
What's with all this abductions.
She wasn't abducted! She left of her own volition, after storming out of her parents house. Please don't mislead the public!
Two years don tay oo
Akuko
hmmm..
Things are happening in country,why would someone abduct somebody's child, change the child's religion to the extent of giving out the child for marriage without the consent of the parents? This shows how weak our laws are. I Pray that she will finally come back to her parents.
What 're these northerners becoming....Α̲̅πϑ PMB will not condemn this act publicly abi?... I am beginning to reason with Fayose Α̲̅πϑ FFK at this junction
Who knows what they're doing with these abducted girls
What is happening?
Pls whts the meaning of this trend cos I m freaking out
These housa people are just animals.
Not in buhari regime will you expect passage of law against such babaric act! There are thousands of many other unknown families going tru this same islam kidnap in nigeria who has no means to publicise it.
Not in buhari regime will you expect passage of law against such babaric act! There are thousands of many other unknown families going tru this same islam kidnap in nigeria who has no means to publicise it.
Everyone s begining to cry out
Why is it now dat dey speaking up??? Linda take note!
Ah! Na wa ooo
I'm back people
That is what happens when you have two constitutions in a country. Nigerian constitution and Sharia law. In any case, even in sharia court shouldn't her family consent to the marriage. This is just so ridiculous. The guy should be charged for kidnapping and his mentor charged as an accomplice to kidnapping.
Why speaking out now.
Wetin dey worry all dis aboki nw...
Hmmmmmm. New trend in Nigeria. I hope dis wil b curb ASAP.
Nigeria, ninger land
Wat is wrong with dis people
Why are they targetting vulnerable teenage girls? Abi are they looking for virgins to disvirgin for their ritual? Rubbish!
Northerners ar very mean o, why under age girls now.
Mad pipo
Parents shld be prayerful and vigilant. Some of this girls are not abducted, they do dis deliberately out of love they av for their boyfriend. I'm getting tired of all this story abeg.
Things like these would indubitably continue if young christian ladies and girls keep smiling at and giving themselves out to northern Hausa muslim or even Muslims at all so cheaply. Date an Hausa girl for a week and see the hate from even your muslim friends and the girl alike.
SHARIA COURT IS NOT TO DECIDE IN THIS MATTER. IT SHOULD ONLY DECIDE WHEN IT INVOLVED A MUSLIM AND ANOTHER MUSLIM. OTHER COURTS SHOULD COME IN PLEASE
This is totally babaric, they should learnt way of practicing Islam. They re really missing it here. I'm well concerned abt d innocent Ifeoma as am Igbo girl. The concerned authorities should act first b4 another civil war emerge.
We need to remove dis northerners from d Map of nigeria cus their mentality is different from our own.which one b d one u will force christian girls out of their home nd marry them without her parent consent.re they tired of their own Muslim girls?
Why everyone is coming out suddenly? SS and SE people should learn to train their children in a right manner. Longer throat is not good.
Nawa ooooo
Are they now kidnapping our people?
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Story 4 d monkeys.....ifeoma has embrace islam as the true religion and besides she is old anough to decide what she wamts
Pls let her b ok..may God guide and protect her
What is really happening? Is this how to marry someone's child?even if she ran off with him.
Islam is a devilish religion which is the loot of all evil, this is sin against God & humanity
Islam ia wicKed religion that force innocent children to convert. Police Shd do sth about thid case
Her choice of religion should b respected, she willingly denounce xristianity for islam...pls let her b ..Godbless 9ja
Ese Oruru was pregnant already before she was found.this one I can assure you she would have given birth already.since 2014.
I pray same thing happens to your daughter nd den we will see if you will move on. Fool
Shut up joor ode
One aboki on my street jokingly told me my 9years old daughter is pretty nd he is going to marry her. Come see me perform drama dt day, I was shouting on top of my voice so everyone will hear that I mst nt find my girl. Left for the police station immediately nd reported the case. One would think I overreacted but how won't I with all these things happening. Plus I had to pepper spray for my daughter as protection incase she notice anyone trying to come too close. I hate to reap her of her childhood freedom but prevention is better than cure
You are a fool, may your own daughter be abducted , raped and married by force, idiot.
Considering d situation in d country especially north. I will say d it's not d best place for now to raise a Christian girl child.
Pedophile faggot. May u tot in hell
please shut d fuck up sttupid like she has a chioce on kidnap point ure talkin of a scared lil kid idiot
pls how stupid can u b in life? she is a kid she dosent evn kno wat shes duin for Godssake she is scared i pray same abduction happens to ur kids illitrate
@mimi ure a monkey for saying dat first of all she is a kid she dosent even kno wat shes duin and from the look of tins its a case of kidnap but am sure ur illitrate self wont see dat....
pls shut d fuck up stupid did u see dem following men? judgmental fool wit ur empty head..and evn if dey follow men dat dosent dey should b kidnaped dey are too young to kno wat dey re duin
An illiterate like u, who told u minors can not get pregnant. When did u start seeing ur monthly period, at 18?. U must be a fool
@ Zainab Adamu!!! Shout up dia!!! So Dats all u ve got 2 say? & if shez ur child or sister, how will u feel? Have a Lil conscience!
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