Aisha, a JSS2 pupil in Dutse Safe community, Katsina State, tells OLAIDE OYELUDE (in Hausa language) how she became a mother at 15 after being impregnated by an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service who is allegedly evading responsibility

Can you tell us your name, age and why you are presently staying with your grandmother in the village instead of being in school?

I am Aisha. I am 15 years old and a JSS 2 pupil at Dutse Safe, in Katsina. My parents live in Kano; I am their first child. I am currently staying with my grandmother in the village since I was impregnated and I eventually put to bed about four months ago.

Who impregnated you?

The man’s name is Ibrahim. He is a (Nigeria) Customs (Service) officer in Katsina.

How did you know that he is a Customs officer?

He used to come to the village here in Customs uniform while he and his colleagues also visited in the Customs operational vehicle.

When and how did you meet Ibrahim?

One day, I was inside the room in the village when Ibrahim visited the village along with his colleagues. When leaving, he gave me N500 and dropped a phone number. He said I should use the money to help buy Fura (local wheat) for him. I bought the item as directed and later in the evening on that day, I called him that I had bought it – that was around 7pm after the evening prayers. He, however, told me that it was too late for him to come to pick it and that I should share it with my siblings.

Since that day, he kept on calling me. Then, one day, he came to our house in the village and said he was taking me somewhere in the Customs operational vehicle. He took me to an obscured corner and raped me.

Can you describe what the vehicle he came with looked like?

It was a Customs operational Hilux vehicle, painted in the Customs colour.

How did you know it was Customs vehicle?

Customs officials often come to our village in the vehicles painted in that colour while chasing smugglers.

How long had you known him before the day he allegedly took you away in Customs vehicle and sexually assaulted you?

Three months. We had been dating for three months and at times, he would come with his friends while on duty. At other times, he would call me on phone.

What did he discuss with you whenever he came around or called you on phone?

At times when he came, he would complain that there were too many people in the compound and he would ask me to follow him out of the compound where we would talk and he would promise his love for me and that he would marry me.

What time of the day did he usually visit you?

He came anytime he liked. Sometimes, it was in the morning; at other times, he came in the afternoon and even at night and he would take me to a corner where, at times, we had intimate moments. Sometimes he would give me money; at other times he gave me gifts.

What do you mean by intimate moments; did he have sex with you?

Yes, we had sex three times in a week.

How did you know that you were pregnant?

My neighbours were the first to notice that I was pregnant and they told me. My family, including my grandma, then called and informed Ibrahim about it. Later, he called me and said I should meet him somewhere along the road to the village. I still have the phone number he gave me.

Initially, whenever I called the number, he would pick it but later he was not picking my calls again. So, when the pressure was too much for me in the village, I ran away to Katsina and I met his friend who used to come with him to the village. His name is Idris and he is also a Customs officer.

I left home because I was afraid that my uncles and aunties would beat me. I told Idris that Ibrahim was not answering my calls. He took me to his room in their quarters and promised to take care of me until his friend returned from Lagos. It was Idris who gave me transport fare to go to Kano to meet my parents. He told me to go and meet my parents because he was afraid that I might die due to my condition.

Was it because Ibrahim stopped picking your calls that you reported the case to an NGO, Queen Dijah Women and Children Awareness Initiative?

Auntie Khadijat (the coordinator of the NGO), had all along been supportive of me. When she learnt about my situation, she took me to the hospital for the necessary antenatal care and initiated steps to make the case public. She wrote petitions to various government organs, including the headquarters of the Nigeria Customs Service, the police and the Katsina State House of Assembly.

What exactly do you want?

Ibrahim, who impregnated me and made a mother, should marry me since nobody would want to marry me again. Secondly, he should come and claim the boy as the boy is his son. In fact, we named the boy, Hameed, after the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service.

Source: https://punchng.com/how-customs-officer-impregnated-me-absconded-15-year-old-katsina-pupil/

Old men will be sweet talking small girls into sex then later run away when the main reality downs on them.

how do old people enjoy sex with children self, i cant even toost any one under 20, haba.

Imagine. He must have countless children everywhere..

She is even very old at 15 in the north. They get 'legally married' at much younger age. By legally married I mean they get illegally married. Most times the girl is willing. Sometimes, it is forceful..


The marriage leads birth to children that cannot be well taken care of. The "not well taken care of" children if female are catered for until age nine or so when they are ready to be married off, but the males are left in the hands of illiterates Clerics who use them for begging and on their farms until they later discover they don't have future and they then engage in all crimes like banditry, kidnapping and terrorism.

The ones who managed to escape the above travel down to the South to become beggers and a few do menial jobs.

Customs officer wey suppose dey secure country border go dey break small pikin border

It's their custom....

I don’t even know what to say, cos I see no place rape or forceful carnal knowledge was had. Just a poor unfortunate girl. All I see is northerners and illiteracy, child marriage and child abuse. Hmmm

[quote author=iamyemiakins post=100038711]Customs officer wey suppose dey secure country border go dey break small pikin border

LOL

The customs deserve to be punish and make responsible for the upkeep of mother and baby.

I thought girls in hijab are heavenly candidates and that since northern men marry many wives they are faithful.

evil

Can you describe what the vehicle he came with looked like?

How did you know it was Customs vehicle?

Which kind stupid question be this

note The problem here is not the age of the girl, but that he abandoned her. Marraige and dating at that age is their Custom.


I need person that can supply me Wheat, Sesame, Legumes, millet Sorghum and Cashew, in tonnes at the best prices

[quote author=iamyemiakins post=100038711]Customs officer wey suppose dey secure country border go dey break small pikin borderLOL

isiorite , container don finally land after 9 months .

Na them......

I'm only seeing poverty here

Damnnn niggarrrr
Too bad

nzeobi:
I thought girls in hijab are heavenly candidate and that since northern marry many wives they are faithful.

Lolz
Go to north and see hijab with 4 legs

He raped you? Three times a week over three-month period! Best you named the child Abdullahi Dikko Inde after Abdullahi Dikko Inde MFR, OFR a Nigerian government official who served as the Comptroller-General of Nigerian Customs Service from August 2009 to August 2015. Abdullahi Dikko Inde MFR, OFR looted The Nigerian Customs bad!! That is one Customs Boss who shares the same character with your beau. Hammed Alli the current CG Nigerian Customs is not known to be that indisciplined!

That is what happens with poor sex education

But every time there is talk of sex education in schools...Nigerians from Sokoto to Port Harcourt will rise up in protest.

PlsBanMe:
She is even very old at 15 in the north. They get 'legally married' at much younger age. By legally married I mean they get illegally married. Most times the girl is willing. Sometimes, it is forceful..


The marriage leads birth to children that cannot be well taken care of. The "not well taken care of" children if female are catered for until age nine or so when they are ready to be married off, but the males are left in the hands of illiterates Clerics who use them for begging and on their farms until they later discover they don't have future and they then engage in all crimes like banditry, kidnapping and terrorism.

The ones who managed to escape the above travel down to the South to become beggers and a few do menial jobs.

And in the South, a lot of girls her age get pregnant too, and some also get married at that age in some places too.

Guess who are in the 'baby factories' in the South...Southern girls her age.

Also, on this site, some southern Nairalanders objectify teenage girls well well...

The issue is sex education and provision of opportunities for every Nigerian teenager...not playing at 'My Mercedes Benz is bigger than yours'

weird news every time.

Nothing amiss here except the absconding of responsibility by the officer in question

This their HIJAB


Hypocrites!!

Selfish people taking advantage of the poor.

Read on child marriage and its consequences here

nzeobi:
I thought girls in hijab are heavenly candidate and that since northern marry many wives they are faithful.

Girls in hijab are good when it comes to chop and clean mouth.

Ayyam not understanding. He raped u and u later start having sex 3 times a week.