Daughter of a pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God who
allegedly converted to Islam, Charity Uzoechina, will remain at the
palace of Etsu Nupe, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar until September 17, after
she moved there four months ago following her conversion. Her father Pastor Raymond Uzoechina had filed a suit before a High
Court in Bida, seeking to stop the Sharia court from listening to his
daughter’s case. The Etsu Nupe had been granted custody of Charity after
she allegedly asked for protection from her pastor father who she said
would kill her if he saw her converted to Islam.
The hearing could not hold on August 1 because of the ongoing
conference of lawyers holding in Minna, which made the courts go on
their annual vacation from August 5, to resume on September 15.
The Sharia court, which was to give its ruling on the prayer of
Charity (Aisha) last Wednesday, August 1 in Bida could not also sit.
No date has been fixed for the ruling.
Charity who has adopted Aisha as her Muslim name, cannot be released
by the Emir to either the parents or anybody until the case instituted
by Charity is vacated by the Sharia court in Bida, Niger State.
The case of the girl was almost degenerating into a religious crisis
as the girl’s father alleged that her daughter had been hypnotized, and
demanded for her immediate release. But the Niger State Government waded
into the crisis, and all parties involved seem to have made peace.
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