3 Girls Who Were Abducted and Converted to Muslims Rescued by the Police

Date: 16-03-2016 11:00 am (8 years ago) | Author: Bayo Nelson
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Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have rescued three teenage girls, who were abducted in Bauchi State and forcefully converted to Islam. The girls were handed over to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Zone 12, Bauchi, Mr. Tunde Ogunsakin, on Tuesday, by the Shari'ah Commission in the state. Blessing Gopep, 13, was abducted by two men identified as Iliya and Umaru, both living in Alkaleri, Bauchi State. Blessing and her friend, Mary, were on their way back to Jos after spending their holidays with Blessing's uncle in Bauchi in August, 2015.
Her father had said Blessing and Mary had gone to the Alkaleri motor park, and while they waited on the bus for other passengers, two men, identified as Iliya and Umaru, arrived at the park on a motorcycle and abducted Blessing.
On November 19, Linda Christopher was abducted by one Mallam Shagari in Tarsha Durumi village, while Progress Jacob, 13, was abducted by Mallam Musa in the Yelwa, Sabon Kaura area, both in Bauchi State, on her way back from church on January 3.
According to Ms. Gobet, Progress' aunt, the teenager went to church on the morning of January 3, 2016 and did not return when the church was presumed to have closed at about 10.30am. She was allegedly abducted in the Yelwa, Sabon Kaura Area of Bauchi State by one Mallam Musa on her way back from church, which is said to be a few metres away from her aunt's residence. The distressed aunt said she reported the case to the traditional ruler (Seriki) of Sabon Kaura as well as the Yelwa Police Station, which only took her statement and directed her to inform them when she found Progress.
She added that all efforts to locate the 'missing' girl proved abortive until a letter was delivered to her from the Bauchi State Shari'ah Commission, informing her of Progress' conversion to Islam. Sixteen-year-old Linda, a secondary school pupil in Enugu, was seen with one Mallam Shagari at Tarsha Durumi village in Bauchi State on November 19, 2015.
Linda had left Enugu four days earlier to join her parents, who lived in the Katanga Giwa village of Bauchi. Her parents were notified of her whereabouts by a kinsman, who knew the family. Just like the Jacobs, her parents got a letter from the Shari'a commission, notifying them of their daughter's custody and her conversion to Islam. The Commissioner of Police, Bauchi State Police Command, Mr. Baba Tijjani, confirmed the release of the girls in an interview with The PUNCH on Tuesday.
Tijjani stated, "The girls have been released. They were not held by the Bauchi State Shari'ah Commission; they volunteered to become Muslims on their own and reported themselves to the Da'awah & Islamic Education Department, which took them to the Bauchi State Shari'ah Commission. "Now, they have been produced. Progress Jacob and Linda Christopher have been released to their parents while Blessing Gopep's parents have been told to come tomorrow (Wednesday) and they will go home with their daughter."
When asked if the case would be treated as a criminal case and the culprits prosecuted, the police commissioner said, "We just released the girls to their parents. The investigations are still ongoing and we will come out with the details after the investigations."


Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:00 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
- DAMILARE100 at 16-03-2016 11:05 AM (8 years ago)
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Northern part is not a conducive place to live for Christians....but wetin we go do nau? Dem sey we be one Nigeria and man must wack
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:05 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dynasty4all at 16-03-2016 11:06 AM (8 years ago)
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BUHARI HAS TURNED NIGERIA INTO ZOO
MANY MORE WILL BE DISCOVERED
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:06 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- dynasty4all at 16-03-2016 11:08 AM (8 years ago)
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WE DON'T SUPPOSED TO BE ONE COUNTRY WITH THIS BARBARIC HAUSAS
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:08 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Vectorcy at 16-03-2016 11:22 AM (8 years ago)
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Ok I dan hear ''in a drunk man voice''
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:22 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- samdove28 at 16-03-2016 11:34 AM (8 years ago)
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ITS GOOD THAT THEY WERE RESCUE... THAT IS WHAT MATTER MOST.
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:34 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Fran6ixfox at 16-03-2016 11:38 AM (8 years ago)
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Thank God
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:38 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- Fran6ixfox at 16-03-2016 11:39 AM (8 years ago)
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Thank God
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:39 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- emma4love3 at 16-03-2016 11:42 AM (8 years ago)
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them try is not easy for such mission
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:42 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- gogoman at 16-03-2016 12:10 PM (8 years ago)
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na today this one dey happen!!  or tell me say he never happen be4
Posted: at 16-03-2016 12:10 PM (8 years ago) | Grande Master
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- Troublemenot at 16-03-2016 03:50 PM (8 years ago)
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This is one of the issues that is truly going to brake Nigeria
Tomorrow we are going to hear how the un-touchable fulani men kwipe out a whole village
Posted: at 16-03-2016 03:50 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- slimmygal at 16-03-2016 04:37 PM (8 years ago)
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ok, seen
Posted: at 16-03-2016 04:37 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- samdove28 at 16-03-2016 11:25 PM (8 years ago)
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Quote from: Troublemenot on 16-03-2016 03:50 PM
This is one of the issues that is truly going to brake Nigeria
Tomorrow we are going to hear how the un-touchable fulani men kwipe out a whole village
hmmmm.... you really see this one talk.
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:25 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- samdove28 at 16-03-2016 11:25 PM (8 years ago)
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Quote from: Troublemenot on 16-03-2016 03:50 PM
This is one of the issues that is truly going to brake Nigeria
Tomorrow we are going to hear how the un-touchable fulani men kwipe out a whole village
Posted: at 16-03-2016 11:25 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- kp45 at 17-03-2016 12:41 AM (8 years ago)
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Good
Posted: at 17-03-2016 12:41 AM (8 years ago) | Addicted Hero
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- ujmaria at 17-03-2016 06:49 AM (8 years ago)
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Good one from the police
Posted: at 17-03-2016 06:49 AM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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- 04041983 at 17-03-2016 09:54 AM (8 years ago)
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force religious is not fair especially this Islamic of a thing
Posted: at 17-03-2016 09:54 AM (8 years ago) | Newbie
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- benokafor at 17-03-2016 09:56 AM (8 years ago)
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ENDTIME ISLAM
Posted: at 17-03-2016 09:56 AM (8 years ago) | Upcoming
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- zezprincess at 17-03-2016 10:39 AM (8 years ago)
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Rubbish,corrupt policemen,without being told,this case is a case of kidnapping,this girls are minors&police are here talkiing bullshit.mtcheew.
Posted: at 17-03-2016 10:39 AM (8 years ago) | Hero
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- imaria at 17-03-2016 02:13 PM (8 years ago)
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Thank God they are rescued
Posted: at 17-03-2016 02:13 PM (8 years ago) | Gistmaniac
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