By ABDULLAHI RABIU, Kano
A HOUSE Wife and Mother of several Children Hajiya Halima Jibrin Garo who doubled as Spokesperson of Wives of Bureau De Change Operators who were apprehended by the Security Operatives in Abuja for allegedly involved in transacting illegally with insurgence and terrorists in Kano state, could not controlled her tears as she recalled the rankling experience she and many others are passing through since the apprehension of her husband and Father to her biological Children and his colleagues on 16 September 2021.
Hajiya Garo who Opened her mind to this Reporter narrated her ordeal during a Press Conference organised by their group to briefed the journalists on the pshycological trauma she and many of the families of the detained BDC operators were passing through for several Months now.
” He left me with one Month pregnancy and I gave birth to the Child in his absence. He has never set his eyes on the baby till date . Today I am nursing a two months Baby, likewise other Women Some even gave birth to twins babies but yet could not see their biological fathers.
Many of these Women are taking care of the whole family and you know there is limit to what they can do even food, and School fees are becoming a problem talkless of other domestic responsibilities.
“We want PMB and many other Senior Citizens of this Country to wate into this matter so that the guilty can be punished and the innocent be set free. She said but enough of this inhuman treatment as if they are foreigners and what the Security are doing had clearly contravenes the laws of the land .
On his part Alhaji Sani Ali Yusuf a brother to Ali Alhassan who spoke unbehalf of all the Male relations of the WAPA BDC operators held in custody said there was nothing left to be done no one among most of the big men in Kano would claim ignorant of this matter .
” We have been to the Government House and lodged our Complaints before the Executive Governor of Kano state Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and to the Palace of Emir of Kano Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero and informed him of the sad development . Likewise the State Assembly but of all the places we have visited nothing was done to facilitate the release of our brothers.
Alhaji Ali Yusuf said it is high time for the government to be fear to us and prosecute them in a Court of law for every one of them to know his fate. But we are totally against the deep silence and refusal of the operatives to take them to Court while hinding under a flimsy excuse in the name of carrying investigation why did they jumped to the conclusion of arresting them if they are not certain of the offence committed.
He said this is totally unacceptable we are calling on all advocates of human rights to come to our rescue and ensure that justice prevails.
