SAN FRANCISCO, November 05, (THEWILL) – A 13-year-old, Hauwa Dadi, has regained her freedom on Sunday four days after being allegedly abducted for the purpose of forcing her into a marriage.
Hauwa, a student of the Brighter Academy Secondary School, Gashua, and daughter of a former Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), was abducted and allegedly kept at the palace of the Emir of Gashua for ‘Islamic evangelism.’
A civil rights organisation, Stefanos Foundation, which blew the lid off the alleged plot to force the teenager into marriage, had vowed that it would pursue the case till the girl was released.
Hauwa’s elder brother, Jonathan Dadi, broke the news of her release to Northern City News in Jos on Sunday saying Hauwa was released on Sunday from the palace of the Emir, Alhaji Abubakar Suleman.
“The Emir ordered that my sister, Hauwa Dadi, should be released to us. But we signed an undertaking that she should not be punished. We have just left the Emir’s palace,” he said.
