Videos: Father Chains, Locks 16-Year-Old Daughter For Two Years For Rejecting Forced Marriage

A man identified as Muhammad Ujujud has been arrested for chaining and locking up a 16-year-old daughter for rejecting forced marriage.

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, have arrested a 62-year-old man in Kano State for chaining and locking up 16-year-old daughter, Fatima, for rejecting forced marriage.

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According to reports, the suspect Muhammad Ujujud, a resident of Rinji village in Madobi Local Government Area of the state locked up the teenager as punishment for refusing to accept a husband he forced on her. It was gathered that the man also locked his son Shehu, in separate cells in his house.

Unfortunately, the boy died in detention recently. A member of the community who secretly leaked the story to journalists explained that the man was notorious for meting out corporal punishment on his family and he was dreaded in the village. According to the locals, Mr. Ujudud only rarely fed his captive children with food. “He hardly gave them food to eat. They sleep and defecate in just one point,” said a neighbor who preferred not to be named.
Incidentally, the first private radio station in the north, Freedom Radio, broke the news, in its magazine program, Inda Ranka.
However, NAPTIP confirmed to Solacebase on Friday the death of the suspect.

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Appearing pale and ill, NAPTIP officials then took Binta to a private hospital in Kano, where she is currently receiving treatments. In an interview, one of the sons of Mr. Ujudud who fled his father’s way of punishment confirmed that his brother Shehu starved to death in captivity.

He added that his mother died few years ago and his father is now living with their stepmother. The state commandant of NAPTIP, Shehu Umar, who confirmed the arrest and detention, said an investigation is currently ongoing.
NAN