Niger State government has intervened in the crisis over the custody of the 25 year old Charity Uzoechina who was alleged to have been forcefully converted to Islam and have been living at the palace of Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar on the orders of a Sharia Court.
The state government may eventual take custordy of the lady on Thursday as soon as the Sharia Court vacate the March 4 order which placed the lady’s custody with the Etsu Nupe.
Government intervention came to the fore Wednesday at a stakeholders meeting brokered by the state government following the tension being generated and the fear that the matter may snowball into religious crisis.
The Nation gathered that the meeting was summoned by the acting state governor, Hon. Musa Ibeto following a letter from the Presidency directing the state government to ensure that the issue did not snowball into religious crisis in the state.
The meeting which lasted for more than two hours at the Government House, Minna was attended by the Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, the National Secretary and N iger state Chairman of Christians Association of Nigeria (CAN), the parents of the lady, Charity and the former governor of the state, Engineer Abdulkadir Kure and some senior security officers.
Speaking with newsmen after the meeting, the Deputy Governor siad the meeting was enssentially to reunite Charity with her family in a way that she would be confident that the father would not harm her, which made her to go to court initially.
Ibeto reiterated that in Niger State religion is not a problem because there is harmonious religion relationship and peaceful coexistent of the adherents of the two major religions in the state.
He stated that in as much as at twenty-five Aisha (Charity) has the right to practice any religion of her choice, he said that the reason for seeking to vacate the order which gave the palace the custody of the lady from court was to see if the father and daughter could be united.
The deputy governor was silence on the custordy of the lady. According to him, “Unless the order is vacated nobody can take any decision, it is only if the order is vacated that she can decide on her own”, the Deputy Governor stated.
The counsel to Pastor Uzoechina who attended the meeting Barrister Femi Ikotun stated that the position is that the order should be vacated from Sharia Court in Bida, saying that “we have already applied for it to be vacated”.
Meanwhile the 3rd annual Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) Criminal Justice Reform conference holding in Minna on Wednesday stalled the suit by Charity’s father before a High Court Bida challenging the juridiction of the Sharia Court in entertaining the suit.
The father of the lady sought the Court order to bar the Sharia Court from entertaining the suit by his daughter who has since assumed a new name, Aishat on the ground that the Sharia Court lacks the competence and jurisdiction to hear the suit.
It was also gathered that other suits slated for hearing by the court were adjourned to September 17th for hearing due resolution of the local NBA mandating all members to attend the ongoing conference.
An official of the court told our correspondent that all the cases in the court were adjourned to September 17th for further hearing, as courts in the state are going on their vacation from August 5th and would resume September 15th.
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Why is d court in this affair? She is old enough to decide what She wants with her life.
ReplyDeleteYour father is a pastor doesn't mean you are grounded in the word of GOD, go ahead we wish you well.
ReplyDeleteThank God, At least she can go bk to her parents, forcefully taking a girl fromm her family in the name of religion is never the best.
ReplyDeleteMr UZOECHINA, leave Ur YEYE DAUGTHER. Na oju kokoro bind her and "THE SLANDERER" 2gether. FOOLISH GIRL! Even if U recover her, her LIFE will NEVER REMAIN the SAME, bcos she don DRINK mixture of CHALK, SLATE & ARABIC WRITNG washed with RUWAN ZAMZAM. Let her go joo!
ReplyDeleteMr UZOECHINA, leave Ur YEYE DAUGTHER. Na oju kokoro bind her with "THE SLANDERER" 2gether. FOOLISH GIRL! Even if U recover her, her LIFE will NEVER REMAIN the SAME, bcos she don DRINK mixture of CHALK, SLATE & ARABIC WRITNG washed with RUWAN ZAMZAM. Let her go joo!
ReplyDeleteIf you are not grounded and rooted in Christ, you can be easily influenced by environment, money, flattery and charm. If you dont know the God you are serving, you are lost. Pray for her dont go to court. Court can not solve the problem, only prayer will.
ReplyDeleteAbi Oo EL MATOSKY, let d father leave her alone joor. She was brought up in d way of Christ,bt she choose to follow boko_haram people. Heartless beings. They will soon show her pepper. Mtchewwww
ReplyDeleteShe be mumu. Nonse girl. Did ever where muhammed do miracle or any mallan performing miracle in name of muhammed. Nawa'a wooo.
ReplyDeleteU see how selfish and visionless u can be. Why are u condemning our noble Prophet when all he did was to preach peace? What do u know about Hitler, pharoa and their likes who are non muslims and have commited worse of crimes on earth? Pls sheathe ur sword. Allah will always protect his religion.
DeleteThis is the work of 'HUNTU ISLAMIC SPIRITUAL WATER'. She has been drinking the water, and she will continue feeding with it in the Emir palace. A big sorry case, I pity the foolish prostitute girl. That is the reward of her waywardness. May God strengthen the parent.
ReplyDeleteIt is amusing to see how people are reacting to this case. It is surely not easy to guess what the reaction would have been from our so-called Christians if the case was that of a Muslim person converting to Christianity.
ReplyDeleteI have always held the belief and continue to do so, that Nigerian so-called Christians are among some of the most intolerant people on earth. Going reactions from Christian all over the place, as far as this case is concerned, I am yet to find evidence to convince me otherwise.
El-Matosky or wat do u called ursef, u ar fool cos u've nt made any coment wtout abusing person. U 'Xtians' ar saying rubish dat u hav no knwlege abt. D lady(Aisha) has seen n knw d truth,she can neva b misled again. U pple believ in wordly miracles done by magicians. Islam is d only way 2 paradise. LAW
ReplyDeleteThe father should take it up as a challenge and does not need force. He is a Pastor and should use the power he has and ask for mercy as the race is not for he that wills nor runneth but for the one that receives mercy. He will receive mercy of the Lord. Toks
ReplyDelete@anynomous 11:22, I quite appreciate your thoughts. But to be honest I do not think its the conversion that is the only problem, the lady runing away from school, home etc to take refuge with an unknown person to the family will be disturbing to any family. More so the dad is a pastor. If she had gone to a respected family member etc
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ReplyDeleteYou have spoken with wisdom. God bless you...
Just takr her to LFC n give her d communion n Holy Spirit filled Anointing oil n d evil veil in her eye will clear by d Power of d Holy Ghost. Satan av lost d bettle.
ReplyDeleteSome baby Christians are embarrassment to the body of Christ. They cause God's name to be blasphemed. Mind you, not all church goers are Christians. Not all pastors are Christians , not to talk of pastors children. Pray for her, don't go to court. Allow God to work in her and open her eyes.
ReplyDeleteI don't why most Christians go crazy when one @ of millions of Christian try to follow Islam way? Perhaps she not a small girl,she can decide for her self and most people on this page re illiterate of what Islam is all about and even the Christianity they claimed to be practising and Most of u going to new generation church re just going for social gathering not worship Jesus(Prophet Issa) but to dance and dress have nude,so don't let us discriminate bcos we re not God. And above all let us see ourselves as one.
ReplyDeleteto Allah we belong and unto him is our return all those nincoompoo and katankarous imbecile people the all put eyes 4 you ai'shai may the supremacy Allah guid you and protect you from all evil christian doer christiany or what else did u called ur dancing and singing religion what ever you wish to said you are right to becouse i blieving sure majority of christian ther don't even knew what thr ar worship 4 ther all blieving idolatrously in fact th conversion of ai'sha did she increase All mighty Allah with anythings else ??????????? said you whoms unbliever's i want u to knw and grasp muslim is the only way to salvations notwistanding you wil sta'y in hellfire forever and ever hypocritical people
ReplyDeleteThe issue is that be a daughter of pope, Reverend,pastor is not the issue, but the fact of the matter is that the lady herself has not met the master, the life changer, no encouter with the Lord. salvation is personal not hereditary.
ReplyDeleteVery true beloved @ Anonymous "SALVATION IS PERSONAL NOT HEREDICTARY! When u've encountered Jesus Christ through the conviction of The Holy Spirit NO demon, no power can make turn ur back against d plan, purpose & d will of God for ur life. I'm not talking about religion here pse. I'm talking about genuine salvation thru Jesus Christ. It's a personal race. Do u know Jesus christ? Know God 4 urself pse very important!!!
ReplyDeleteShe has been possessed by the spirit of AntiChrist. She need serious deliverance, even if she return to her parents, she still need deliveranice. The Hausas are terrible. They can use any charm on weak christians to change dem to their religion. Dia4 Christian parents should train dia children so dat dey will not become thorns in dia flesh wen dey grow up.
ReplyDeleteShe has been possessed by the spirit of AntiChrist. She need serious deliverance, even if she return to her parents, she still need deliveranice. The Hausas are terrible. They can use any charm on weak christians to change dem to their religion. Dia4 Christian parents should train dia children so dat dey will not become thorns in dia flesh wen dey grow up.
ReplyDeleteThe Christians should learn from dis. If you don't know where you ar going, anyone can lead you. If you don't know whom you are serving, anyone can show you another god. If u want to serve God, serve Him, stop causing reproach to the great name of Jesus Christ
ReplyDeleteThe Christians should learn from dis. If you don't know where you ar going, anyone can lead you. If you don't know whom you are serving, anyone can show you another god. If u want to serve God, serve Him, stop causing reproach to the great name of Jesus Christ
ReplyDeleteThe Christians should learn from dis. If you don't know where you ar going, anyone can lead you. If you don't know whom you are serving, anyone can show you another god. If u want to serve God, serve Him, stop causing reproach to the great name of Jesus Christ
ReplyDeletei knw him morethan u becouse jesus he's servant of Almighty Allah
ReplyDeleteStop fighting for RELIGION, what you need is SALVATION. No religion can take you to Heaven, only Salvation tru Christ Jesus. No matter what happens, even if they turn millions of piple to islam, Christ will always remain THE KING OF KING AND THE LORD OF LORD. HE will judge the living and the dead.
ReplyDeleteWhoever wavers doesn't his/her stand. Perhaps they lack conviction. And most importantly, there is/was an undone Job.
ReplyDeletethis man u don go the paradise bf dey deceive urself....you and ur religion will be burnt to achies yeye man.....idiots.....only God knows who worship him
ReplyDeleteIf u know God, u wont fight on his behalf, d girl is mature enough to decide what she want, if her father believe that is true pastor, his continue praying,
ReplyDeleteBut about giving her something or cover her face, is nothing like that, if u are yoruba and grow up withing igbo, u will speak igbo than yoruba.
On miracle aspect, Islam is not for miracle, our goal and objective is to believe in ALLAH on One, and Muhammad his messanger of ALLAH, now God always show his signs every cover in the world, both on TREE, RIVERS, ALSO ON HUMAN BEING, we have see different new born baby with different signs, both in North Russia, and in Nigeria.
We talk too much about God and make war and blood bath in the name of religion. We hate, we make enemies, we rage, we murder,etc in the name of God and religion; has God sent any of us to fight for him? Do you own God?, Who are you to open your mouth at any of his Creation? What right do you have over another human being? Or Are you GOD?
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