Why Civil Societies Are Not Backing Down On Walida’s Case?

from Nigeria Daily · host Luqman Awwal Agono

When a child leaves home and does not return…the silence that follows can break a family.For the Ibrahim family in Hadejia, Jigawa State, that silence has lasted months.What began as a disappearance has now turned into a national controversy — involving allegations of abduction, forced conversion, sexual exploitation, protective custody, and a court order that civil society groups say has not been obeyed.Today on Nigeria Daily, we ask:What exactly happened to Walida Abdulhadi Ibrahim?Why are civil society organisations agitating?And where does the law stand?

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When a child leaves home and does not return… the silence that follows can break a family. For the Ibrahim family in Hadejia, Jigawa State, that silence has lasted months. What began as a disappearance has now turned into a national controversy — involving allegations of abduction, forced conversion, sexual exploitation, protective custody, and a court order that civil society groups say has not been obeyed. Today on Nigeria Daily, we ask: What exactly happened to Walida Abdulhadi Ibrahim?...