Patience Paul Adaji, the teenager alleged to have been abducted in Sokoto state and converted to Islam, is reported to have been rescued. Report of her abduction came out soon after Ese Orurushe was released after being captured for eight months by one Yunusa aka Yellow.

According to The Cable, The girl’s father, Paul Adaji, who’s from Ochobo in Ohimini Local Government Area of Benue State, revealed that his daughter has been missing since August 12, 2015 after realizing that a similar case in that of Ese had occurred and was rescued. It motivated him to also cry out too.

Adaji also stated that Patience was once seen at the Sultan of Sokoto’s palace, but added that she wasn’t found there when they attempted to take her back.

Governor Aminu Tambuwal had on Thursday, mandated the state’s human rights commission and other agencies to urgently look into the alleged abduction.

According to The Cable, Patience, who was 14 at the time of her abduction, was found on Friday night at the house of one Malam Ibrahim, who calls himself Sarkin Baki (“king of strangers”).

A source told The Cable:

The Sokoto State Human Rights Commission, along with the team set up by the police, questioned suspects and detained three persons in connection with the issue.

Patience was said to have been taken to an Imam in Runjin Sambo area of Sokoto by the Sharia Police, who claimed that she wanted to convert to Islam. The Imam then questioned her on her age and realizing she was just 14 years, sought the counsel of the Sultanate Council on the matter who ordered them to return her back to her parents.

Instead the Sharia police took her and handed over to the Sarkin Baki, who claims he’s been housing her since September 2015 and even sent her to an Islamic and Government school to study.

When asked why she didn’t run back home, Patience claimed she was afraid of returning home because of possible reprisal from her siblings.
Source: www.9jabuzz.com.ng