by Eze Eluchie,
A most
worrisome trend is gradually attaining the status of a norm in Nigeria – the abduction
of Christian girls by Muslims with the patronage of state and under the watch
of security authorities. This worrisome situation falls very much in line with a
much touted policy of Islamization of the Nigerian contraption.
From the
Chibok ‘abductions’ (98% of the girls ‘abducted’ in Chibok were Christians) to
the abduction of Ese Oruru from Bayelsa State to Kano State under the patronage
of the Islamic ruler (Emir) of Kano, to the kidnap of Habiba Isyaku (under the
patronage of the Islamic ruler {Emir} of Katsina), thousands of under-age and young
Christian girls are routinely kidnapped/’abducted’, forcefully married by their
captors, and when the State and security authorities are approached by the
helpless parents and guardians of these girls to rescue the girls, such pleas
are met with contempt, disdain and at times blunt refusal to assist to recover
kidnapped/’abducted’ minors.
In the case
of Ese Oruru, Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police (head of the Police Force)
had categorically stated that the release of the abducted minor would only be
when the Islamic ruler (Emir) of Kano gave his go ahead. Ese Oruru remained
with her abductors until the return from pilgrimage to Mecca (Saudi Arabia) of
the said Emir of Kano, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, who ironically is well
educated and had served as Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor.
Whilst the Muhammadu
Buhari led junta keeps on feigning angst at the ‘abduction’ of girls at Chibok
Secondary School, young Christian girls continue to be kidnapped/abducted by
identifiable persons who have protection of the State and police authorities.
Prior to the
ascendance into office by the Buhari-led junta, there had been the
apprehension, based on the antecedents, activities and pronouncements of Mr.
Muhammadu Buhari in the period between his first stint as a Dictator in Nigeria
(1983) and Buhari’s foray into partisan politics, that efforts will be hastened
towards the Islamization of the Nigerian polity and according greater State
protection to Islamic policies and practices. The increased rate of kidnap and
abduction of Christian girls and the unwillingness of State authorities to
intervene to rescue these under-aged victims gives credence that what had been
suspected was now materializing.
The unwillingness
of the Nigerian State to investigate, prosecute and punish the perpetrators of
what is clearly a systematic practice of abduction, forceful marriage and rape
of an identifiable segment of the Nigerian population has attained the level of
crime against humanity deserving of international attention.
Video clip of Habiba
mother before national television in Nigeria pleading for State and police
rescue of her daughter: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-CwsxPZefw
Picture: 2 kidnapped Christian
girls Ese Oruru (kidnapped and rescued after strident efforts by her mother and
Nigerians) and Habiba Isyaku (currently still in the custody of her abductors)
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