Emir of Katsina, Alhaji Abdulmumin Usman has married a 14 year old Christian girl. The family of Isiyaku Tanko of Warkaza community in the  Kudun Kankara Local Government Area of Katsina State alleged that the Emir forcefully abducted their 14-year-old daughter and forced her into marrying him.

The family added that she was abducted on August 16, 2016, by one Jamilu Lawal, an aide of the emir, who worked in the palace. She was converted to Islam and held incommunicado.

They said she would have resumed school for the new academic term, but for her abduction.

She was said to have passed her Junior Secondary School Certificate Examination and was expected to start Senior Secondary School.

The CAN Chairman for Katsina State, Very Rev. Nelson Ugochukwu said that: “This girl is supposed to be in school and not given out in marriage. We are not pleased and we demand justice. Her parents are in Abuja, crying for justice. In my religion, you cannot give out any lady in marriage without the consent of her parents. This marriage does not have the consent of this little girl’s parent. The parents are not happy with what has happened.”

“As the CAN chairman in Katsina, I am the father of all Christians in the state. Our people are not happy. The parents told me that the girl is 14 years. She is supposed to be in school. I want justice to be done in this matter. I want the emirate to look into the matter. To us, the girl is still a Christian.”