The Niger State Police have arrested one Shamsudeen Bashiru of Dawaki Angwan Jekada Suleja for abducting two Igbo girls and converting them to the Islamic faith.

Reports said Bashiru of Dawaki abducted Okwudiri Nwoke and Miracle Nweke, both 16, from Gwada, Niger State, on the 28th of April, 2018.

Bashiru and his accomplices allegedly took the girls to Suleja where they were forcefully converted to Islam.

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The girls were being prepared for given out in marriage by the leader of an Islamic group, Association for the Enhancement of Muslim Welfare, Habib Madaki, at Victory road, Suleja.

Okwudiri and Miracle whose names had been changed to, ‘Khadijat’ regained freedom at about 9 pm Sunday night and were handed over to the Igbo community leader in Niger state, Eze Pampas Ngozi Wahiwe on Tuesday 31st July 2018.

The command’s police public relations officer, Dan-Inna Abubakar, stated that during an investigation the suspect admitted having taken the girls to Suleja on their own accord, saying that it was not an abduction.

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