How northern leaders, elite’s silence encourage forceful abductions, child marriage

For 10 months, TOPE OMOGBOLAGUN traced the families of young girls who were abducted, converted to Islam and married without parental consent It has been over a year since the disappearance of 15-year-old Aisha Mani, a Christian, from the Gidan Dandada area of Katsina State. Before her abduction, Aisha, who lived with her elder sister…