According to an interview with Trust TV, a young man was recently arrested by the police in Kano for Kidnapping after taking a 16-year-old girl away from her family without their knowledge. According to the Gombe Police Command, he claimed that he loved her and wanted to marry her. The girl’s family reported her missing when she did not return home, which led to a police investigation.
The suspect told the police that he and the girl were in love and had planned to run away together after her family refused his request to marry her. He said, “I took her to Kano because I wanted to marry her. We both agreed on this, and she wanted to be with me.”
However, he did not have her family’s permission, which is against the law. He explained that due to the love they had for each other, they had Consensual intercourse. The girl’s parents were worried and filed a complaint with the police when they found out she was missing.
The police found the suspect and the girl in Kano Hisbah, where they were planning to get married, and brought them back to Gombe for further questioning. Although the suspect claimed that it was not a case of Kidnapping and rape as they were in a relationship and planned to marry. The police promised that they were already investigating his actions to ensure he did not break any laws by taking the girl away without her family’s consent.