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DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by DiamondsAreFore(op): 11:16am On Jan 10
A staff member of the Department of State Services, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, has been arrested by the agency over alleged abduction, defilement, and forceful conversion of a 16-year-old girl, Walida Abdulhadi, to Christianity in Abuja.

Saturday PUNCH gathered that the development followed a petition dated January 4, written by an Abuja-based law firm, Gamji Lawchain, a copy of which was obtained by our correspondent via X (formerly Twitter) on Friday.

In the petition addressed to the DSS Director-General on behalf of the girl’s father, Alhaji Abdulhadi Ibrahim, and his family, the law firm accused the DSS officer of abducting the teenager from the Hadejia area of Jigawa State when she was allegedly just 16 years old.

The law firm claimed that Walida was a minor at the time of her disappearance and was therefore legally incapable of consenting to any sexual relationship under Nigerian law.

According to the petition, the family reportedly searched for the girl for more than two years without success, with the prolonged emotional trauma said to have contributed to the death of her mother.

The anxiety, fear, and emotional devastation of losing their underage daughter slowly destroyed the mother, who eventually died as a direct consequence of the psychological trauma,” the petition stated.

However, the petition noted a dramatic twist on January 1 when the DSS officer reportedly called the girl’s father, informing the family that their daughter had been with him all along, had given birth to a child, and that he was “ready to marry her.”

It further stated that due to age and ill health, the father sent a representative, Muhammad Badamasi Ibrahim, to a DSS facility in Abuja, where he was allegedly informed that Walida had been living inside a DSS residence throughout the period of her disappearance.

Lawchain claimed that when the family demanded the girl’s release, the request was allegedly refused.

The counsel further alleged that while under the suspect’s custody, Walida was converted from Islam to Christianity without her parents’ consent and subjected to sexual exploitation that resulted in pregnancy and childbirth, all while she was still a minor.

It described the allegations as “moral bankruptcy in uniform” and warned that failure to act decisively could erode public trust in state institutions.

The law firm demanded the immediate suspension, arrest, and prosecution of the DSS officer, as well as an independent investigation into the Karmajiji DSS facility.

It also demanded the release and protection of Walida and her child, and disciplinary action against any DSS personnel found complicit.

However, in a statement issued on Friday, the DSS Director of Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, confirmed the arrest of a DSS officer named Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi in connection with Walida’s ordeal.

Dozie said the officer was being investigated over the suspected forceful conversion and marriage of Walida, adding that the investigation was currently in progress.

“The attention of the Department of State Services has been drawn to reports alleging involvement of a staff of DSS, one Ifeanyi Festus, in a case of abduction, defilement of a minor, and abuse of office, among other offences. For clarity, the Service has no record of the above-named in its employment.

“However, it is hereby confirmed that an active staff, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, who is suspected to have forcefully converted and married one Walida Abdulhadi ‘f’, has been arrested and is currently being investigated,” the statement said.

The DSS spokesperson maintained that such acts were against the agency’s regulations and laid-down code of conduct, adding that the outcome of the investigation would be made public.
https://punchng.com/dss-detains-officer-for-rape-forced-conversion-of-muslim-girl/

Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Passionate888: 11:22am On Jan 10
See as the authorities acted swiftly?, but if it was a Christian girl that was abducted and forcefully converted to islam they'll not know what to do
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by BigDick70inch(m):
Nah for Muslim matter dis useless dirty Abuja police go flex muscle......

What of millions of innocent underage christian girls being converted to Muslims daily by terrorist....

Awon oloribuuuku.....
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by esnbrutality: 11:23am On Jan 10
Simple . As the DSS officer is jailed, so shall it be for the Deborah and Leah incidents.


BlackViper:
As happened in the case of Ese Oruru, Justice must be done and this criminal must be made to face the full wrath of the law.

There must also be justice for Deborah Samuel and Leah Sharibu.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Karlovich: 11:25am On Jan 10
embarassed Chest-beating, spits
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by muyico(m): 11:33am On Jan 10
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Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by femi4: 11:34am On Jan 10
He ll rot in jail

We don't force conversion
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by shoodboi2: 11:34am On Jan 10
See them doing damage control up there. If it was the other way around, we won’t hear the last of it. Keep deceiving yourselves and hating your own brothers over religions given to you by whites and Arabs who don’t care about your existence.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by DiamondsAreFore(op): 11:34am On Jan 10
As happened in the case of Ese Oruru, Justice must be done and this criminal must be made to face the full wrath of the law.

There must also be justice for Deborah Samuel and Leah Sharibu.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Stolen: 11:35am On Jan 10
NONSENSE,


LET THEM GO AND DETAIN THE KIDNAPPERS, RAPIST AND FORCED CONVERSION IN THE NORTH OF SOUTHERN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL GIRLS.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by phemmie06(m): 11:35am On Jan 10
Why was the girl forced? Our religion is not by force but by will.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Afriifa(m): 11:36am On Jan 10
These people just find another narrative. Christians don't force conversion. They are mad.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by spiSeyi: 11:36am On Jan 10
I do not support rape but the northern community and constitution supports catch them young nah
Believe this at your peril this is one of the propagandas to make the world and Donald Trump believe that Muslims are also percecuted undecided
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Don27tiky(m): 11:36am On Jan 10
esnbrutality:
Simple . As the DSS officer is jailed, so shall it be for the Deborah and Leah incidents.
i dont even believe the lies about forceful conversion stories. The girl probably converted to Christianity as a result of her relationship with the man and those against it are angry hence the allegations
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by stuffs2002: 11:37am On Jan 10

Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi is a kidnapper and a rapist

Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by stuffs2002: 11:38am On Jan 10
Don27tiky:
i dont even believe the lies about forceful conversion stories. The girl probably converted to Christianity as a result of her relationship with the man and those against it are angry hence the allegations
Hypocritical double standards is very common to you people.

Would you have said this it was a Muslim that took an underage Christian girl and converted her to Muslim
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by maasoap(m):
BigDick70inch:
Nah for christian matter dis useless dirty Abuja police go flex muscle......

What of millions of innocent underage christian girls being converted to Muslims daily by terrorist....

Awon oloribuuuku.....
Passionate888:
See as the authorities acted swiftly?, but if it was a Christian girl that was abducted and forcefully converted to islam they'll not know what to do
You guys are sickorsomething. When one minor girl from South South eloped with one northerner and it became national issue, did you spew this kind of trash?
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Stolen: 11:38am On Jan 10
Child Kidnap, Rape, imprisonment, Forced Islamisation/marriage by Sharia Court

In 1999, Twelve Nigeria's states that have Sunni Islam as the dominant religion chose to have Sharia courts as well as Customary courts.[2]
The following states that have instituted Sharia are: Zamfara State (January 27, 2000), Kano State (June 21, 2000), Sokoto State, Katsina State, Bauchi State (June 2001), Borno State, Jigawa State, Kebbi State, Yobe State, Kaduna State, Niger State (May 4, 2000), and Gombe State.

[size=14pt] Jurisdictional errors[/size]

The institution of Sharia as a main body of civil and criminal law violates the Constitution of Nigeria.


The Sharia Court of Appeals recognized as a federal court of appeals (the Unified Courts System), is the most controversial of the judicial system. The Sharia Court of Appeals reviews cases involving Sharia law, particularly in the North and Northeast regions of the country.

However, this has caused controversy because while the Sharia Court of Appeals interprets and reviews cases relating to Islamic law, they must also interpret the common and customary laws of the other regions of Nigeria.

In doing so, the Sharia Court exceeds its jurisdiction under the constitutional law which give federal and state governments various powers. It undermines the principles of separation of powers and the two level federal system of government in which an overarching national government governs issues that affect the entire country, and smaller subdivisions govern issues of local concern.


The Sharia Court going outside state powers and local confines is striking down federal law, on the grounds that it exceeded the Constitutional authority of National Assembly.


[size=14pt]Cases and Controversy[/size]

Ese Oruru v Sharia Hisbah Commission
Ese Oruru was taken away by one Yunusa Dahiru from her home in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State to Kano in August 2015 while she was still 13 years old and without the knowledge of her parents. While in Kano she was forced into marriage, converted to Islam and her name changed to Aisha.For months, efforts by the young girl’s parents to get their child back from Yunusa and the Kanohe District head of Kura, Sharia Hisbah Commission proved abortive, no action was taken until media attention was drawn to it. Ese held at the Palace of the Emir of Kano was discovered to be 5 months Pregnant after eight months captitity.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/02/my-role-on-ese-orurus-abduction-saga-emir-of-kano-2/
Rita Chinedu Ukeje V Sharia

Madam Jessy Ukeje, a 77-year-old grandmother from Eluoma Uzuakoli in Bende Local government area of Abia State, is in pains her granddaughter was given out in marriage by a top official of Zaria City Local Government area, without the consent of her family.Rita, an SS 3 student of Top Spring Secondary School, Zaria, Kaduna State, was abducted by a commercial bus driver, called Usman, who held her captive in his home, denying her the chance of sitting for the Senior School Certificate Examination (SSCE) she had enrolled for.

Few weeks later, she stated, the council chief, who took her to his home and promised to make her available for settlement with the family, allegedly gave her out in marriage to Usman. The incident happened in Damagaji area of Zaria in Kaduna State, even as every effort made by the family to rescue the teenage girl from the clutches of her abductors have met with stiff resistance from the kidnappers. They took her into captivity after undergoing their Muslim rituals of bathing and feeding her with concoction as a way of turning her into a Muslim.

Then, they gave her to somebody to marry without the consent and knowledge of her parents. This is certainly against religion and against tradition

Mama Jessy, who could not hold back tears while narrating the abduction of the girl in her house in Eluoma Uzuakoli, alleged further that the girl’s abductors are after Rita’s mother, Joy Ihedinma Ukeje, for insisting that Rita must be sent back to her. She alleged that they had been sending assassins to her, forcing her to quickly run back to Uzuakoli from Zaria after several attempts on her life.

http://www.sunnewsonline.ng/another-15-year-old-girl-rita-chinedu-ukeje-abducted-given-out-in-marriage-by-islamists/


Ifeoma Nichodemus v he Sharia Court Kaduna
IFEOMA, now Aisha, is the daughter of Mr. Ndubuisi Nichodemus. She was living with her parents, in the midst of the Hausa community in Zaria, Kaduna State, until May, 2014. On that fateful evening, Ifeoma had left the house in protest against the authority of her moth­er to question her for returning late to the house on the day. She simply walked out of her parents’ compound into a neighbour’s house, and since 21 months ago to be precise, the family is yet to set their eyes on her. Ifeoma, now 16, have been converted to Islam and married off. The Sharia Court handling the mat­ter keeps adjourning the case and as a result, we are still where we were last year”
Speaking during an interview then, Ndubuisi Nichodemus, resident of Sabon-Gari, Zaria, Kaduna State, who appealed to the authorities concerned, to help rescue his daughter, allegedly in the custody of another man since 2014, said her daughter had come home late on that fateful day and felt, as responsible par­ents, she should be scolded

http://www.sunnewsonline.ng/father-of-igbo-girl-abducted-in-zaria-cries-out-says-i-want-my-daughter-back/

Charity v Sharia Court Minna
MINNA—MISS Charity (Aisha) Uzoechina, the lady that was allegedly forced to convert to Islam and kept in the palace of Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, for the past four months, will remain with the monarch until September 17. Charity cannot be released by the Emir to either the parents or anybody until the case instituted by Charity is vacated by the Sharia court in Bida, Niger State. The Sharia court kept adjourning the case the lawyer who handles her controversial case in Sharia court makes arrangement to marry her without the consent of her parents, but the Niger state Government called it off.
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/08/charity-uzoechina-to-remain-with-etsu-nupe-till-sept-17/


Blasphemy and apostasy
A Sharia court may treat blasphemy as deserving of several punishments up to, and including, execution. In many predominantly Muslim states, conversion from Islam to another religion is illegal and often a capital offence.

In 2014 a Nigerian man, Mubarak Bala was forcibly committed to a psychiatric institution in Kano for eighteen days, where he was forcibly drugged after stating that he was an atheist. The International Humanist and Ethical Union took up the case, stating that Bala's human rights were violated.


Riots
There have been numerous riots over the implementation of sharia law, primarily involving non-Muslim minorities in the states which implemented the system. One such riot killed over 100 people in October 2001 in Kano State.


Executions

In 2002, the first execution of a man under Sharia took place in Katsina State; Human Rights Watch condemned the execution.



[size=14pt]The Supreme Court Solution via Judicial Review [/size]

The Supreme Court uphold and declared Sharia Court to be ultra vires in a narrow or broad sense. Narrow ultra vires applies if an administrator did not have the substantive power to make a decision or it was wrought with procedural defects.

Broad ultra vires applies if there is an abuse of power (e.g.,unreasonableness or bad faith) or a failure to exercise an administrative discretion (e.g., acting at the behest of another or unlawfully applying a sectional policy) or application of discretionary powers in irrational and wrong way.[5] Either doctrine may entitle a claimant to various prerogative writs, equitable remedies or statutory orders if they are satisfied.

Kidnap is a very serious offence and when it is done for sexual gratification, it is a heinous crime. The Sharia court is a form of customary court to the North. In that sense, it has no jurisdiction to hear cases of people not part of that culture. It is like a Igbo customary court hearing the case of a Yoruba, claiming they have converted to Igbo.

Custom refers to origin and ancestral linage, if a person does not have their roots in islam then Sharia court has no grounds to hold or hear the case. The Sharia system was introduced for people who customarily have followed the religion of islam.

It is illegal and unconstitutional to steal peoples child and claim forced conversion to islam, as a bases to Ra.pe and forced marriage/ conversion to islam, without any form of consent. Whilst handing out death sentence to Muslim that desire to convert to Christianity freely without abduction or coercion.


Why drag us Christian southerners into uncivilised and criminal customs? Why are u stealing our children and raping them? Is sharing a country a crime? Can u not face and marry your muslim children?

Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by CorrectionFLuid: 11:39am On Jan 10
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He should be jailed.
Non Muslims shouldn't be doing such.

When you spend too much time with maggots, you start behaving like one.
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Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by laslimdajay: 11:39am On Jan 10
Good work from the DSS..

The outcome of their investigation should be made public.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by MadamVanessa(f): 11:41am On Jan 10
shocked

In the case of rape, I might believe, but forceful conversion to Christianity , that's a blatant lie. But again, let just assumed this is true, so security operative can act swiftly, but if this was a case of a Christian girl being raped and forcefully converted to Islam, you won't see them acting so fast, in fact they won't act at all. Till today we haven't heard about Leah Sharibu and other vulnerable underage Christians girls that those savage demons up north prey on. God punish Nigeria.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Incognito403: 11:43am On Jan 10
1.2.3 Go
Obidients oya come and defend the undefendable.

Theby will say he was witch-hunted. Remember how they defended a christian terrorist that was jailed in Kaduna.

People should be having a sense of justice. We all have sentiments but it must never override our sense of justice especially in some cases like grape and kpaing.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by kolafolabi(m): 11:44am On Jan 10
This is utterly shocking and disturbing. An officer, sworn to protect, abusing his power to commit rape and force someone to abandon her faith is beyond reprehensible. Justice must be swift and uncompromising, and such abuse of authority should never go unpunished.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by 02Kebreal(m): 11:45am On Jan 10
Passionate888:
See as the authorities acted swiftly?, but if it was a Christian girl that was abducted and forcefully converted to islam they'll not know what to do
Even on this one again...
You guys are still blaming Islam and the Muslims.
Are you guys not tired if these propaganda against Islam as Religion? The Religion keep growing despite all these propagandas. Now on this I expected U all to condemn his actions but no, U still want to find a way to put on the Muslims... You guys are still playing victims
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by Incognito403: 11:45am On Jan 10
MadamVanessa:
shocked

In a case of rape, I might believe, but forceful conversion to Christianity , that's a blatant lie. But again, let just assumed this is true, so security operative can act swiftly, but if this was a case of a Christian girl being raped and forcefully converted to Islam, you won't see them at all acting so fast, in fact they won't act at all. Till today we haven't heard about Leah Sharibu and other vulnerable underage Christians girls that those savage demons up north prey on. This country
They didn't act swiftly. Tehy had to be pressed on the media for days.

In fact, that still isn't an assurance of justice because they might meet a sentimental judge in court. Nigerian Christians are difficult to trust.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by b0rn2fuck(m): 11:46am On Jan 10
They even publish it , bandit and Boko haram have turns this to everyday things and it's not even getting in New
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by P1PrinceKT(m): 11:46am On Jan 10
The responses above must have gaslights from the people that know their rights.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by dederocs(m): 11:46am On Jan 10
CAN and Christian organisations should be more vocal, the way muric and co are always defending their people, CAN should defend its people, do your job properly. Take people to court, take other measures like peaceful protests, etc...CAN is not defending it's flock.
Re: DSS Detains Officer For Rape, Forced Conversion Of Muslim Girl by kolafolabi(m): 11:47am On Jan 10
Don27tiky:
i dont even believe the lies about forceful conversion stories. The girl probably converted to Christianity as a result of her relationship with the man and those against it are angry hence the allegations
That line of thinking is dangerous and dismissive. No one should have their consent ignored or be manipulated in matters of faith or intimacy. Even if a relationship influenced her choices, framing it as “lies” ignores the power imbalance and the very real trauma she may have suffered. Allegations like this deserve careful investigation, not assumptions that shift blame onto the victim.
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