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Fulani Herdsmen Cut Off Teenage Girl’s Hand In Kaduna After Family Rejected Marriage Proposal

A 15-year-old girl, Endurance Sabon, has been brutally attacked and had her hand cut after her family rejected a forced marriage proposal by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Goska community, Kaninkon Ward, Kafanchan, Jama’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

A family member, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Saturday, said the attackers had earlier approached Endurance’s mother while she was working on the family farm.

They had demanded that the teenager be given to them in marriage.

According to the account, the incident occurred while Endurance, her mother and other relatives were farming at about 10am on Friday when the men approached them, praising the girl’s beauty and insisting she should be married to one of them.

"We were working on the farm from about 10 a.m. that day. My mother and my niece were together. While they were there, some fulani herdsmen approached them and started telling my mother to give them the young lady’s hand in marriage, saying she was very beautiful.

"My mother thought they were joking. They kept speaking in their dialect and repeatedly called the girl by name."

After finishing their farm work later in the day, the family members waited for a motorcycle to take them home at about 6:30 p.m., unaware that the men had been trailing them through the bush.

"After they finished their farm work, they waited for an okada rider to take them home. That was around 6:30 p.m.

"Unknown to them, the men followed them, went through the bush, and set an ambush near the farm. As they were walking — four of them in total —.the attackers suddenly rushed them. The older women fell down, and the attackers shone a torchlight on one of them and realised she was not the girl they wanted,” the source explained.

The source explained that the attackers then allegedly searched again, identified Endurance, seized her and dragged her into the forest, where she was attacked and severely injured.

"They then searched again with the torchlight, found the young girl, grabbed her, and dragged her into the forest. There, they attacked her and inflicted a deep cut on her hand."

Endurance was first taken to the General Hospital in Kafanchan before being referred to a private medical facility for emergency care.

The family source told SaharaReporters that due to the severity of her injuries, she has now been referred to the Jos University Teaching Hospital for further treatment, as the family appeals for urgent assistance.

"She was later referred from General Hospital, Kafanchan, to Joyce Hospital for treatment."

The source said five suspects had been arrested in connection with the attack, adding that the group originally consisted of about nine men.

“Five persons were arrested. My mother knows them very well. Their houses are close to the farm,” the family member said.

The family is now calling on the Kaduna State Government and security agencies to intervene decisively, provide medical support for the victim and ensure that those arrested are prosecuted.

“We need help. The government should address the security situation in our community and assist with her medical bills,” the source said.

“Those arrested should not be released. The government should compensate the victim and ensure the perpetrators are punished so this will serve as a deterrent to others.”

The attack has heightened fears among residents of Goska community, who say insecurity and attacks linked to forced marriages and banditry remain a serious threat in the area.

Meanwhile, a brother of the victim’s family from Tudun Wada was attacked by Fulani herdsmen earlier this year, and his decomposed body was later found mutilated.

SaharaReporters

A family member, who spoke with SaharaReporters on Saturday, said the attackers had earlier approached Endurance’s mother while she was working on the family farm.

Sometimes we need to sit and study how Fulani thinks.

The supreme tribe of Africa in action. I fear whoever doesn't fear Fulani.

I still maintain that this administration is pampering terrorists. Quote me daily!

merrymike47:
Sometimes we need to sit and study how Fulani thinks.

it is simple psychology now. Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
That is what is playing out here. They know they are untouchable. Which police will arrest a fulani man if this thing was done to a masters degree holder talkless of a poor village girl. They were obviously angered by the thought of a conquered people rejecting the marriage proposal.

Chai. This is disturbing and heart-wrenching. We need to ostracise these people from our country ASAP.

FULANIS SHOULD NEVER HOLD LEADERSHIP OFFICE IN NIGERIA

Buhari was the worse thing to ever had happened to Nigeria

So where is the picture of the Fulani herdsman

Have you all not noticed Sahara reporters never reports any positive thing about the country, and most of it's news are false

PapaNnamdi:
Have you all not noticed Sahara reporters never reports any positive thing about the country, and most of it's news are false

Is there anything positive to report on the country?

They was a country , the owners of the country at work.

Gotocourt:
Buhari was the worse thing to ever had happened to Nigeria

Don't forget someone said he'll continue from where he stopped.

merrymike47:
Sometimes we need to sit and study how Fulani thinks.

Animals don't think.

sh+aria on the move. Part1. wait, there's part2 coming.

They said it’s a religion of peace, we agree

Rugged herdsman. It's simply Sharia on the move

These are people Trump want to destroy but they are saying don't come

merrymike47:
Sometimes we need to sit and study how Fulani thinks.

We don’t need to do anything like that.

Tinubu says that we should just focus on the east side of our country. This is where all the criminals are coming from.

Highways:
Where Are The Cows? Is Evans A Herdsman?'


When Funke Olakurin, daughter of Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti was murdered instead of Bola Tinubu to make sure that the perpetrators were brought to book, he ended up making fun of the death of the young lady by turning everything into tribalism by showing his hates for Igbos.


Tinubu has never spoken against the deadly activities of Fulani herdsmen across the country

The same stand Adeyinka Grandson gave on the death of Fasoranti's daughter is where Tinubu, the leader of the Yoruba Conservatives stands. Please see Tinubu's video below. pic.twitter.com/COhiSvabqW

— Adeyinka Grandson (@deyinkagrandson) July 14, 2019

Mrs Olakunrin died of gunshot wounds in July 2019 after her vehicle was attacked by armed men, suspected to be marauding Fulani bandits whose violent activities had reached a frightening level across the southwest states.


Those arrested suspects include Lawal Mazaje, 40, from Felele area of Kogi State; Adamu Adamu, 50, from Jada area of Adamawa State; Mohammed Usman, 26, from Illela area of Sokoto State and Auwal Abubakar, 25, from Shinkafi area of Zamfara State....

However, the leader of the team, identified only as Tambaya, and three others are yet to be found.

Tambaya has been declared wanted by the police and he is said to be capable of communicating in Hausa, Fulfude and Pidgin English.

https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/top-news/388382-afenifere-police-speak-on-arrest-of-alleged-killers-of-fasorantis-daughter.html

These barbarians are so evil

Sharia law no dey apply to these ones.
They maim and kill at will as if they are the author and finisher of human fate.

Nigerians tolerate so much from Fulani people! Nigerians are cowards!

Fulani herdsmen ...a cursed to Africa

.They should look for him and do the needful

Some useless and hungry data boys will not talk now,
Wait till they see obi topic.
Lolz

Another madness enabled by the government.

SmartPolician:
Nigerians tolerate so much from Fulani people! Nigerians are cowards!

Please remove the Igbos, there is a very strong reason for that...

Wish her quick recovery...

merrymike47:
Sometimes we need to sit and study how Fulani thinks.

Nobody should sit and study how the average Fulani thinks, an eye for eye is what most of them need to keep things in check.

A rejoinder,

The marriage refusal case is pure lie and it's so shameful that media houses are in bed with the killers.