6th November, 2019
PRESS RELEASE:
IGBO MAN KIDNAPS, RAPES, IMPREGNATES HAUSA GIRL: MURIC
KICKS
An 18-year-old Hausa girl, Maryam Dauda, who had been missing for several
months has been found in the home of an Igbo man, Alex Chukwugo. Maryam went
missing in January 2019 and all efforts made by the parents to locate her
failed. Although the parents heard news of the missing girl in June 2019 (six
months later), they were not allowed to see their daughter until October 2019
when they were invited to Alex Chukwugo’s house to see her with a newly born
baby.
Meanwhile the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has kicked against the
circumstances in which the girl was found. The group’s anger was expressed in a
press statement issued by its Director, Professor Ishaq Akintola, on Wednesday,
6th November, 2019.
“This is frivolous, preposterous and unacceptable. Alex Chukwugo
has abducted the Hausa girl. There is no other name for it. We insist that it
is abduction. Alex as a fellow Nigerian knows the due process when it comes to
marriage but he refused to follow that well-known process because of his
criminal motive.
“He used deceptive means to
get the girl into his house since January 2019. He has kept the girl in his
custody against the girl’s will and definitely without the parent’s knowledge.
During that period the parents were in severe emotional trauma. Alex Chukwugo
has subjected Mr. and Mrs. Dauda to untold hardship, unlimited suffering and
unprecedented psychological topsy-turvy.
“The parents went through this pain for six good months while their
daughter was raped by Alex Chukwugo on a daily basis until she became pregnant.
The suspect did not deem it fit to inform the parents of their daughter’s whereabout
until after six months and when he eventually surfaced, he came with two other
men only to inform the parents that they had found their daughter.
“Without revealing their true identity, they posed like security
men performing their official duty. They exchanged telephone numbers with the
parents and told them that they could not be allowed to see their daughter yet.
It was only about three weeks ago (four months after the nocturnal visit to the
girl’s parents) that they invited them to the house of the abductor of their
daughter. The parents were shocked when they discovered that their daughter had
just delivered a baby.
“The parents left in anger and a concerned Hausa man who is educated
came to MURIC’s office to lodge a report. We had no option than to go to the
police and the suspect was arrested on Sunday, 3rd November, 2019. As
we go to press, both the suspect and his abducted victim are in Police
headquarters, Ikeja.
“One thing is very clear in this case. Alex Chukwugo gave the
parents this shabby treatment because they are simple peasants with no Western
education. But we are assuring him that he miscalculated. MURIC will stand by
every Muslim against his or her oppressor. We will uphold the rule of law no
matter whose ox is gored. Gone are the days when Muslims are treated like dregs
of their societies. We are prepared to use every legitimate means to ensure
that Muslims get redress from their oppressors.
“The parents have complained
that policemen in Ikeja, have disallowed them from speaking with their
daughter. We frown at this development. The parents should be allowed to
communicate with their daughter. No one expects the police to aggravate the
parents suffering after their daughter has been found. We therefore call on the
Lagos State Commissioner of Police to call his men to order. It is the height
of insensitivity for the police to disallow the parents from speaking with
their daughter after suffering for so long. What game is the police playing? Nigerians
are waiting.
“MURIC is a ‘watchdog’ in this case and we are going to monitor
events from now on. Alex Chukwugo must be arraigned in court. We will not rest
until the parents of Maryam get justice.
“Something interesting seems
to be going on in this country. Muslim children are being kidnapped on a daily
basis since the past ten years particularly from the North. The destination has
been the Southern part of Nigeria and now Alex Chukwugo has rubbed it in. Our
daughters are now being lured into secret enclaves. They are kept in custody
against their will. They are repeatedly raped until they submit to their
abductors. Alex Chukwugo must be taught the lesson of his lifetime.
“On a last note, MURIC demands justice for Mr. and Mrs. Dauda. We
call on the Lagos State Ministry of Justice to invoke the full powers of the
law in this case. Alex Chukwudi and others like him must be made to face the
full wrath of the law. Nigerians are watching. MURIC is on 24-7 vigil.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC)
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