Kano State Hisbah Board headquarters in Kano state, Nigeria. (Usmanmaifada, Artistic Commons)
ABUJA, Nigeria (Christian Each day Worldwide–Morning Star Information) – A Muslim police drive in Kano state, Nigeria is holding a 15-year-old Christian woman lacking since Dec. 1 amid fears that she could also be forcefully transformed to Islam, sources mentioned.
Pastor Kabiru Usman mentioned he found that the Kano State Hisbah Board, a Muslim police drive charged with imposing sharia (Islamic legislation) amongst Muslims, was holding Ummi Tambaya at its put up in Rogo, in accordance with media outlet Sahara Reporters.
“After an extended search and relentless efforts, we found the woman has been saved below the custody of the Hisbah commander of Rogo, Malam Sani, that she needs to transform to Islam,” Pastor Usman instructed Sahara Reporters.
Efforts by the divisional police officer answerable for Rogo, Suleiman Ibrahim, and the village district head, Umar Abdulkadir, failed because the Hisbah commander refused to launch the woman, Pastor Usman reportedly mentioned.
Ummi is a local of Kadafa Bari District in Rogo Native Authorities Space.
Pastor Usman accused the realm Division of State Providers (DSS) of failing to behave.
“The truth is, certainly one of their officers within the native authorities collected as much as 20,000 naira [$14], claiming that officers from the headquarters wanted it to purchase gas,” Pastor Usman instructed Sahara Reporters. “We’re interesting to related authorities to return to our assist. The household of Ummi are traumatized, we don’t know her current situation and we’re afraid the culprits will escape this as a result of now we have had 5 different comparable circumstances of forceful conversions of our women within the space.”
Pastor Usman reportedly mentioned the Hisbah commander deceitfully instructed him that “human rights individuals” had take custody of Ummi.
“The Hisbah commander is absolutely conscious of her whereabouts,” he reportedly mentioned. “Let these involved come to our assist.”
Individuals near the Hisbah commander disclosed the identities of these concerned within the abduction of Ummi, he instructed Sahara Reporters.
“Shut individuals to the Hisbah Commander revealed that Abba Sheshu, Mansir Surajo and one Tasiu Bello had been the individuals who kidnapped her for a complete month regardless of her psychological sickness and prevented her from searching for medical assist,” he reportedly mentioned.
Ummi’s household asserted {that a} younger Muslim man who had repeatedly requested her to marry him regardless of refusals organized for her abduction. Shamsu Tambaya, a relative of Ummi, instructed Sahara Reporters that the Muslim man “influenced” her in such a manner that she not listened to anyone besides him.
Tambaya mentioned the abductors moved her to numerous areas earlier than taking her to the Hisbah commander, Sani.
“So this Sani later got here and instructed us that the woman was in a spot higher than our personal home,” he instructed Sahara Reporters.
Tambaya refuted claims that Ummi reported her household to a human rights group.
“And God is my witness, solely God is aware of that this woman has by no means even identified what human rights are on this world,” he reportedly mentioned.
The household reported the matter to the police in Rogo and later to the Kano State Police Headquarters, after which the demand for “transport fare” was allegedly made, and officers took no additional motion. Tambaya reportedly mentioned Ummi has not reached the authorized age for altering her faith, “and he or she additionally has a psychological well being downside.”
He appealed for presidency assist.
“If the federal government will look into this matter for us, allow them to look into it and produce our daughter out for us,” he reportedly mentioned.
When Sahara Reporters contacted Sani, he requested the title of the complainant; after being knowledgeable that it was Ummi’s household, he declined to offer additional particulars, the outlet reported. Sani insisted that the Abuja-based reporter should go to his workplace in Kano state to acquire extra info.
Ibrahim Dikko, a former Muslim and now a Christian evangelist, appealed for assist in a Fb put up.
“Why did the Muslims and the Hisbah break the legislation by snatching a 15-year-old woman and forcefully convert her to Islam?” he wrote. “They have to launch that woman again to her mother and father and the church.”
Nigeria ranked seventh on Open Doorways’ 2026 World Watch Listing of the 50 nations the place it’s most troublesome to be a Christian.
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