{"id":193430,"date":"2026-02-03T21:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida"},"modified":"2026-02-03T22:23:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T21:23:13","slug":"father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida","title":{"rendered":"Father Accuses DSS of Defying Court Order on Walida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>Despite a clear court order directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Walida, a young girl from Hadejia in Jigawa State, to her parents, the security agency has allegedly failed to comply, her father has said.<\/p>\n<p>Walida\u2019s father, Malam Abdulhadi, said it has been two years since his daughter was allegedly abducted by one Ifeanyi Festus, an incident he described as having inflicted severe hardship on his family.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking with journalists from Premier Radio Kano, who visited the family home in Hadejia, Malam Abdulhadi expressed deep frustration over what he described as the DSS\u2019s continued disregard for the court\u2019s directive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy heart is constantly troubled. My only wish is that my daughter should be released and handed over to me. Whenever I go there, I am not allowed to see her,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He further claimed that the trauma surrounding his daughter\u2019s disappearance contributed to the death of her mother.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe pain of my daughter\u2019s abduction led to her mother\u2019s death. Everyone in the family is living in fear and anxiety,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Malam Abdulhadi also alleged that his daughter\u2019s religion was changed without the consent of her family.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey have changed her religion and converted her to Christianity. What further investigation are they carrying out when a court has already ordered that my daughter be returned to me?\u201d he asked.<\/p>\n<p>Confirming the legal position, the family\u2019s lawyer, Barrister Kabiru Adamu, said the court had unequivocally ordered the DSS to hand over the girl to her biological parents, but the agency had allegedly refused to comply.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will continue to pursue this matter to its logical conclusion. The court ordered that the child be released to her parents. We have written to them, met with them, and clearly stated that all we want is the child, but they insisted they would not release her,\u201d the lawyer said.<\/p>\n<p>Malam Abdulhadi said he felt powerless in the face of the situation, noting that he lacked the influence to challenge the authorities beyond relying on the courts and public attention.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have no power. All I can do is wait and hope that justice will be done,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Court documents show that an application filed before the magistrate\u2019s court sought a formal investigation into the alleged offences by the Jigawa State Police Command, citing Sections 125 and 102(5) of the Administration of Criminal Justice Law (ACJL).<\/p>\n<p>The magistrate, Sadisu Musa, granted the application and directed the police to apprehend the suspect and conduct a \u201cdiscreet and thorough investigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The court also ordered the DSS to immediately release the victim and reunite her with her family, an order which, according to the family, has yet to be complied with.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. Despite a clear court order directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Walida, a young girl from Hadejia in Jigawa State, to her parents, the security agency has allegedly failed to comply, her father has said. Walida\u2019s father, Malam Abdulhadi, said it has been two years since his daughter [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":193429,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[254],"class_list":["post-193430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-nigeria"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Father Accuses DSS of Defying Court Order on Walida - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Despite a clear court order directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Walida, a young girl ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Father Accuses DSS of Defying Court Order on Walida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Despite a clear court order directing the Department of State Services (DSS) to immediately release Walida, a young girl ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T20:15:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T21:23:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770153770.634211.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Father Accuses DSS of Defying Court Order on Walida\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-02-03T20:15:09+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-02-03T21:23:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida\"},\"wordCount\":477,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2026\/02\/sm_1770153770.634211.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Nigeria\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/father-accuses-dss-of-defying-court-order-on-walida\",\"name\":\"Father Accuses DSS of Defying Court Order on Walida - 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