Another Emir is now involved in the scandal of abduction of a teenager against the consent of her parents’ and forceful conversion to Islam.
This time around, the Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Usman, is at the center of the whole saga as he has been accused of marrying off, 14-year-old Habiba Isiyaku to the man who kidnapped her.
President Muhammadu Buhari is from Katsina state.
The 14-year-old who according to her father, Mr Isiyaku Tanko was kidnapped from school, Government Senior Secondary School, Kudun Kankara, Kastina state by one Jamilu Lawal, has been forcefully converted to Islam and married off by the Emir without her parents’ consent.
Speaking to journalists in Abuja, the father of Habiba, Mr IsiyakuTanko who spoke through his lawyer, Barr Yakubu Bawa decried the manner which the Emir’sPalace manhandled him in his attempt to secure his daughter.
Mr. Tanko, who was made to present his case by the Stefanos Foundation at a press conference in Abuja, stated that Jamilu had not only admitted to abducting his daughter but also revealed that she is presently being kept at the Palace of the Emir of Katsina. He added that the Emir had informed him that his daughter had been converted to Islam and he had received the sum of N50, 000.00 as dowry from Jamilu Ibrahim, he also said the Emir had informed him that he will marry Habiba off to Jamilu in accordance with Islamic rites and injunctions.
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