Another 14-years-old girl, missing in sokoto state.

Relations of another missing 14-year-old girl, Patience Paul, have
alleged that the primary six pupil of Mohammed Zako Model Primary
School, Sokoto, may have been abducted and housed at the palace of
the Sultan of Sokoto.
Father of the girl, Mr. Paul Adaji, an indigene of Ochobo in Ohimini
Local Government Area of Benue State, told Vanguard on phone that
his daughter had been missing since August 12, 2015.
Adaji, who resides in Sokoto with his family, alleged that some
persons spotted his daughter at the Sultan’s palace. Continue...
He said: “We got information that she was in the Sultan’s palace
and the last time we went there, we did not find her.”
When asked how they knew she was at the palace, he said: “Some
people told us that they saw her at the palace. They also used to
camp some of them there, that was why we went to the palace
to see if she has been taken there.
“Even her friend, who used to be a Christian, was found there. She
was taken there and they converted her. “We will still continue to
search for her. We will not give up; we only want the world to
help us so that our daughter can be released to us.”
Brother’s story
Corroborating Mr. Adaji’s story, his son, Paul Isaac Adaji, gave an
account of circumstances that led to the disappearance of his sister.
He said: “Patience is my younger sister. We are based in Sokoto.
That is where the issue occurred. My dad is in Sokoto but we lost
our mother two years ago. My younger sister was brain-washed
from school, Mohammed Zako Model Primary school, Sokoto. She is a
primary six pupil.
“The fact is that sometime last year, we noticed she started
keeping some funny friends and her attitude started changing. This is
a girl that normally likes attending church activities.
“We cautioned her but along the line, she changed. Then again, she
started misbehaving. So at that point, my parent and I decided to
move her out of Sokoto and return her to Benue State so the
rumours of children converting does not happen to us as we do not
have anybody to fight for us.
“Unfortunately, what we were scared of later happened to us.
Sometimes we will see her returning from school with a veil covering
her head. When we inquired, she said it was given to her by her
friend in school.
“We cautioned her on several occasions. But we later arranged with
my dad to get her back to Benue. Unfortunately, she got to know
about our plan to send her back to Benue and obviously informed the
people who were brainwashing her and they eventually abducted her.
“When we could not see her, we started serious investigation and
along the line, discovered that it was one of our neighbours who
actually abducted her.
Hisbah takes over
“We reported the matter to the police. The masterminds of her
abduction were invited by the Police. They made their confessions
that the girl wanted to join their religion, which was why they
abducted her. They said they took her to the Hisbah (Islamic Police).
“At that point, the Police invited the Hisbah and they came and
gave their own statement. They said they had taken the girl to
the Sultan’s palace. I was hoping that since the police had stepped
in, my sister would come home.
“But that did not happen. I reported the matter at the Police
Headquarters in Sokoto, but it was transferred to our Area Division.
So after the interrogations, the Police said since I reported the
matter at the headquarters, their findings will also be communicated
to the headquarters.
“Two weeks later, I went to the police headquarters here in
Sokoto only for the police to tell us that we should just go and
maintain peace. I became inquisitive and wanted to know what the
police found that prompted that advice.
Bishop Kukah steps in
“It was at that point that I reported the matter to Catholic
Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, Matthew Kukah. He was very angry with
us, saying we ought to have reported the matter to him earlier.
“He made some calls and promised to step into the matter. I became
restless and worried because the Bishop is a very busy person. We
are urging and pleading with all well-meaning Nigerians to help us
intervene.
“From what we gathered, from last year up to early this year, she
was in the Sultan’s palace, but she has been taken away from there
since last month.
“‘We went there with my other sister to check and they brought
a different person to us. From our investigations, she is not the only
one because the two girls they brought did not look like real
Muslims.”
Meanwhile, calls to Bishop Kukah to find out the veracity of claims
that the matter was reported to him at a point were not
responded to.