How my 15-year-old daughter was abducted, forcefully converted to Islam and married off at Emir’s palace– Katsina septuagenarian farmer
Published 27 April 2021
Mani Bajo is a 75-year-old farmer and father of a 15-year-old girl, Aishat, who was said to have been recently converted to Islam and forcefully married off without the consent of her parents in Ugwa DanDada, a sleepy agrarian community with a population of around 1,500 in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. The septuagenarian tells his story to OLAIDE OYELUDE in this interview conducted in Hausa
Can you introduce yourself and where you hail from?
I am Mani Bajo. I am 75-year-old and a farmer. I was born here at Ugwa DanDada in the Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State. I grew up here and I married here. I have lived my life here in the community.
Emir of Katsina Illegally Marries Off Christian Teenager To Her Abductor
Aisha was married off to her abductor Mohammed Samaila by the monarch despite police efforts and a petition by a law firm.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Apr 18, 2021
The Emir of Katsina, Abdulmumini Kabir, has illegally married off Aisha Mani, a Christian teenager, to her abductor, Mohammed Samaila, without her family s consent, Hausa Christian Foundation (HACFO) has alleged.
In a Facebook post, the foundation narrated how the Emir, in cahoots with the District Head of Kafur Local Government Area (LGA), Abdulrahman Rabe, conspired to perpetrate the unlawful act.
The report said Aisha Mani was married off to her abductor Mohammed Samaila by the monarch despite police efforts and a petition by a law firm.
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A 15-year-old Christian girl, Aisha Mani has been abducted, forced to convert to Islam and married off to her abductor at Gidan Dandada Rafin Iyaka, in Sabuwa Kasa Kafur Local Government Area of Katsina State in Katsina State.
In a report published by the Hausa Christian Foundation (HACFO) on Thursday, April 15, 2020, the conversion and marriage was said to have been carried out by the District Head of Kafur.
According to the report, Aisha went missing from her home on 10th February, 2021. Two days later, her parents received a call from the District Head of Kafur telling them to stop searching for Aisha because she is safe with him in his house.