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Ibrahim Yusuf, a father whose daughter, Hawanat Adebanke
Yusuf is missing has pleaded with President Muhammadu
Buhari to look into the case of his missing daughter as
contrary to report, she is not a wayward girl and still a virgin.



Hawanat Adebanke Yusuf and Nasirat Oyeyemi. Photo:
Vanguard



Hawanat and her friend, Nasirat Oyeyemi who were
undergraduate students at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria
disappeared from school in February 2016 after they went to
buy some food items at Sabon-Geri market in the city.


According to Vanguard, Yusuf who lived in Lagos said as soon
as he heard of the disappearance of his 25 year old daughter
and her friend, he went to Kaduna with his son.


He said: “Both Hawanat and Nasirat live in Queen Amina girls
hostel, ABU, Zaria. On Sunday February 6th, 2016, at about
4pm, the two girls told their room-mates that they were going
to buy some food items at Sabon Geri market, very close to
their school. To the dismay of their colleagues, both friends did
not return that same day.


The room mates felt that they could
have gone to see their relations hoping that they would return
for lectures the following day Monday but, unfortunately, they
did not return. Their colleagues were therefore worried and
they began looking for our contacts in Zaria. When they
contacted our relations in Zaria, it was discovered that the girls
did not come to them and this heightened the suspicion that
the girls might be missing.


‘’My relation in Zaria called to inform me about the
development. On Tuesday morning, I embarked on a journey
with my son, Ismail, to Kaduna and we met Nasirat’s father at
the campus security post. We narrated our story to the security
men at the post who sent one of them to go with us to Samaru
Police station, very close to the school. We narrated the
incident to the Divisional Police Officer and also asked him if it
was possible to make a report at MTN office so that they could
be traced through their phones.

The DPO however asked us not
to do so, saying that it was likely the girls eloped with their
male friends. He later advised us to take the case to Kaduna
State Security office in Zaria. When we got there, the officer in
charge collected some information from us and promised to
get back to us.

“Later, we were advised to seek the assistance of the Muslim
community in the school. We met the President of Muslim
Medical Students Association and other students. They were
very compassionate, they asked questions about our
daughters which we obliged them, while they prayed and
advised us to pray for our children’s safe return. They later led
us to the Vice Chancellor’s Office who confirmed that he
received a report about the missing students and assured us
that he would do everything possible to locate their
whereabout.


He later referred us to the Chief Security officer
who informed that the school had already compiled all the
necessary information that will assist in the search which will
be sent to Kaduna State Security. Since then, we’ve been
keeping in touch with them but till date, we’ve not heard any
news about them.”

“Hawanat is a decent girl. The statement by the DPO that the
girls might have eloped with male friends is not true. I swear
with my life that my daughter is still a virgin. She is religious
and was not the wayward type.


She is my daughter and I know
her very well. My daughter is the assistant class representative
in her department. She takes her studies seriously. I wonder
what she could be going through now. May God guide her
wherever she is.


Shedding tears, he added: “We have spent all we have trying to
locate our daughter. We have visited so many places and every
effort proved abortive.


This incident happened since February,
the police and other security agencies assured us that they are
alive yet, they are no where to be found. I don’t know what to
do any more. When my wife heard the news, she was
devastated and has been ill. I wish I know the situation my
daughter is going through right now.”


Oyeyemi Amisu who is the father of the Nasirat said his
daughter was not a troublesome girl and would not have
eloped with a man.



“Nasirat is a hard-working girl. She has always been guided
by the dictates of her religion. She has never been a
troublesome girl and I am bothered because I trust what my
daughter can do. Contrary to what my daughter will never
elope with a male friend. Since her disappearance, there has
been confusion in the house. I cannot concentrate on my job
any longer.”


We are therefore calling on President, Mohammadu Buhari, the
governor of Kaduna state, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, the
Inspector- General of police and all other security agencies in
the country to intervene. We are appealing to them to please
use their good offices to trace the whereabouts of our
daughters. We believe that with their intervention, we will surely
welcome our daughters back to us”


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