18-Year-Old Girl Escapes Forced Marriage to Notorious Bandit Leader
An 18-year-old girl, identified as Amina Suleiman, has reportedly escaped an attempted forced marriage to a notorious bandit leader, Babaye, in Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State.
Reports indicate that the bandit leader had threatened to attack and burn down the Mai-zare community if Amina’s family refused to give her hand in marriage to him.
Fearing for their lives, her parents reportedly accepted the marriage proposal, collected the bride price and fixed a wedding date.
However, Amina escaped to Danmusa town a few days before the scheduled wedding, where members of the Civilian Joint Task Force (JTF) reportedly found her and took her to safety before transferring her to their zonal office in Funtua.
Recounting her ordeal, Amina said she rejected the proposal from the beginning, questioning how her parents could expect her to marry a man widely known in the community as a bandit.
According to her, her parents accepted the proposal out of fear of the bandit leader’s threats.
The Funtua Zonal Commander of the Civilian JTF, Abba Sarki, also confirmed that Babaye had threatened to set the community ablaze if Amina’s family refused his marriage request.
