Boko Haram Fixes Marital Age For Girls At 12 Years In Niger State

Boko Haram insurgents are coercing residents of Shiroro Native Authorities Space of Niger State to marry off their daughters on the age of 12 years.

Residents of affected communities mentioned the insurgents have ordered them to not recognise any constituted authority.

A resident of the realm, and Co-Convener of Involved Shiroro Youths, Bello Ibrahim, informed newsmen that, “At a time, they had been in Kawure, the village of former Senator Representing Niger East, David Umaru.

“However there was an operation to dislodge them by the joint army activity pressure.

“Luckily they had been dispatched however after some time, because the army base isn’t stationed there, they reconvened.

“So now, they don’t seem to be solely in Kawure, however they’ve additionally prolonged their tentacles to Communities like Kuregbe, Awulo, and host of different Communities.

“In Awulo and Kuregbe Communities, they assembled the locals, each Muslims and Christians, and gave them marching orders that any lady that’s 12 years outdated must be married off.

“There is no such thing as a any type of legislation within the space, except for Boko Haram’s… If locals have any feud, both Household difficulty or neighborhood downside, they report back to them for decision.

“No any case must be reported to police or court docket or any constituted authority for decision.”

One other resident mentioned the criminals function freely.

He famous, “They’re working freely and mingling freely with the villagers.

“They’ve grow to be the constituted authority in these villages. And Kaure, Awulo and Kuregbe are their operational grounds. They coerce locals to obey them as their authority.

“In the complete Chukuba and Kuregbe ward, it’s Boko Haram components which are working there not bandits that we all know.”

The Chairman, Shiroro Native Authorities, Suleiman Chukuba confirmed the inflow of Boko Haram components, saying “On the problem of inflow of Boko Haram in shiroro, solely 4 wards have been affected.”

He mentioned the residents had been made to consider that they had been Boko Haram components due to their mode of preaching.

“They informed villagers that they’ve cash to assist them and that they’ve weapons to provide them to combat Authorities. And that’s the identical doctrine we all know Boko Haram components promote,” he mentioned.

However residents mentioned they’d not recruited the locals except for coercing them to do particularly the problem of not reporting any case or feud to police or court docket and the marital age for women.

Boko Haram Fixes Marital Age For Women

Boko Haram Fixes Marital Age For Women

Boko Haram Fixes Marital Age For Women