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| Janet Habila, forced to marry her Muslim boss by a Sharia court |
- The forceful marriage had sparked an outrage from the parents of the young lady who have vowed to bring the Sharia court to justice.
A Young Nigerian lady, Janet Habila, has been forced to marry her Muslim boss by a Sharia court in Niger state. The young lady who was forced into a marriage without her parent’s consent is an apprentice to her tailor boss who was simply identified as, Nasiru. She was enrolled into Nasiu’s tailoring institute in 2016 to learn the trade by her father after she refused to further her education.
Gistracks.blogspot.com gathered that Nasiru had approached the Sharia court to join him and Janet in marriage without asking her parents for permission to wed their daughter. A source revealed that Nasiru had organized some Muslim men and women in the area to stand in as the girl’s parents in court in other for the marriage to take place. Her parents were shocked to receive a notification of Janet’s marriage through the Sharia court in Erena. They vowed to put a stop to the decision of the court.
According to the SunNews, Janet’s father, Habila Gambo, is a devoted church leader with the United Mountain of Grace in Shundna village. It was also gathered that Janet herself was the leader of the Sabo Rayi (new life) group in the same church Gambo expressed that if the court does not reverse the marriage there would be a religious crisis in Erena, Niger state.
He said:
“it will eventually lead to a possible religious crisis in Erena.”The 16-year-old girl’s father explained that he had only taken his daughter to a place where she can learn a trade for herself but she was forced to get married without his consent.
He said:
“Sometime in 2016, I enrolled my daughter, Janet in Nasiru’s tailoring institute as an apprentice to learn fashion design since she refused to continue with her education. She never disclosed to me that Nasiru was asking for her hand in marriage.”
“But to my surprise, on March 16, 2017, I came back home and met a court summon, asking me to report at the Sharia Court, Erena. On getting to the court, I was told that my daughter had converted to Islam and that her marriage had been fixed for 2:00pm that same day.”
“I told the Sharia court judge that as a father of Janet, I was not aware of such arrangement because my daughter never discussed anything like that with me. Therefore, I was not going to accept it and I would not be part of it.”
“But to my surprise the judge told me that the court only wanted to inform me and that was all. He said that the marriage would go on as planned even without my consent.”
“My daughter had never told me that she wanted to convert to Islam not to talk of marrying a Muslim, I paid a lot of money to train her and I would not allow this to happen while I am alive.”
Gambo reported the incident to the Niger state police through a formal letter and Nasiru was arrested and detained at the station.
When Janet was asked to narrate what happened she expressed that she could not recall what really happened. She added that she always did everything Nasiru instructed.
Janet said:
“I was confused, I didn’t know what happened, but I was taking every instruction from him (Nasiru). I was afraid to let my parents know because of the consequences and I was equally afraid to turn down Nasiru’s love advances even though inside me I didn’t like the idea.”The police handed Janet over to her parents and told them to come back in five days but on getting there five days later Janet changed her mind and said she wanted to go home with Nasiru.
After the young lady went with Nasiru, her mother, Asabe Gambo, went to visit her but she was beaten mercilessly by Nasiru’s relatives who described her as an unbeliever.
She said:
“I only wanted see my daughter when the women in the house gathered and started beating me and calling me unbeliever who should not be welcomed into the house.”
“They told me that my daughter was now a Muslim and, therefore, did not need any unbeliever around her. They didn’t allow me to even sight my daughter with my eyes. I am seriously in pain, as a mother who carried her pregnancy for nine months.”
“I want God to take my life instead of experiencing this kind of situation as a mother. This is quite unfortunate, I don’t want to believe that this is happening to me. My daughter’s sudden change of attitude is not ordinary. As a Christian, I strongly believe that God will surely pass his judgement over this unfortunate experience. My daughter will surely regain her senses and return back home.”So sad! What do you think really happened?
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