State, northern Nigeria, has returned to her family "unharmed", human rights group Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) confirmed Monday, September 26.
In a statement to BosNewsLife News Center, CSW said it learned that Rejoice Gwammikat Daniel Chirdap, who disappeared from her father’s house September 12, was freed by the Bauchi State Police Force on Friday, September 23, amid mounting "widespread publicity and high-level advocacy." BosNewsLife had closely monitored her case.
Rejoice was apparently handed over to police forces by the Bauchi State Shari’ah Commission, a local Islamic authority which had initially given custody of her to Imam Yakuba in the Kagadama area of Bauchi State, where she was abducted.
"Although somewhat traumatized by her experience, a medical examination revealed that Rejoice was otherwise unharmed," CSW said.
REJOICING OVER REJOICE
"We are deeply relieved that Rejoice is back with her family and has not been physically harmed. It is wonderful to be able to see this traumatic experience for Rejoice end so quickly and peacefully," added CSW’s National Director Stuart Windsor.
But Windsor warned that CSW remains concerned over "the volatile situation in northern Nigeria" amid reports of widespread child disappearances there and religious violence in which thousands died in recent years, many of them Christians.
Religious attacks increased in Nigeria since 1999 in especially several northern and central states as they began to introduce the Islamic, or ‘Shariah’ Penal Code.
POLITICAL ASPIRATIONS
Analysts have linked the bloodshed to both religious and political aspirations among Muslim militants and officials.
Some church sources say the death toll since 1999 could be as high as 10,000 while the Committee of Rehabilitation and Reconciliation of Internally Displaced People reportedly has said that over 50,000 people died in religious violence.
It remains unclear why the reported death toll figures are different, but human rights watchers say it is very difficult to get reliable information because many areas are isolated in the troubled African nation. (With BosNewsLife Research, Stefan J. Bos and reports from Nigeria).
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