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Over Liberian Girl's 15-Yr 'Adoption': Abdallah Heads for Trouble Courtesy: Liberian Obsever May 23, 2009  MONROVIA,Ahmed
Abdallah, a Sudanese national in Liberia, may shortly find himself in
trouble with the Liberian Government if formal communication to the
Ministry of Justice (MOJ) for his investigation and prosecution is
anything to go by.A child rights and pro-democracy group, Fore Runner of Children's Universal Rights (FOCUS), has written the Government through the MOJ to bring criminal charges against Abdallah for his alleged connection with the 'adoption' of the Liberian girl, Facia Christopher Sieh, 15 years ago as a 10-year-old. Facia, now 25, 'adopted' 15 years ago by a United Nations Sudanese staff, returned to the country on Wednesday, April 22, 2009 illiterate and traumatized from abuse and enslavement. FOCUS Executive Director Anthony Boakai, who disclosed writing the Government, told the Daily Observer over the weekend that Abdallah, who allegedly facilitated the 'adoption' of Facia, should not go with impunity. “We have called on the Government to bring criminal charges against Abdallah,” he disclosed. Focus also displayed a copy of its letter to the MOJ. But Abdallah, in a recent interview with the Daily Observer, had categorically denied playing any role in the 'adoption' of Facia although the girl's mother maintains that he played a major role in her daughter's 'adoption'. On June 27, 1994, a Monrovia Judge, F. Nyepan Topor, of the Monthly and Probate Court, granted a petition by one Rose Sieh of Monrovia filed on her behalf by Cllr. J. McDonald Krakue to surrender parenthood of her 10-year-old daughter to one Elmag Eltayee Eltahir as his adopted daughter. Eltahir, a Sudanese, took Facia to his Sharia-governed state where adoption is outlawed. Speaking recently to the Daily Observer in Virginia near Hotel Africa, Facia told a chilling 15-year tale of enslavement, during which she was maltreated and flogged by her master when she was between 13 and 16. Speaking mainly Arabic through an interpreter, Facia said when she and her adopted father flew out of Monrovia, they did not go directly to Sudan, but flew to Cairo, Egypt. “We were in Cairo for two weeks. He asked his wife to come and meet us there and she taught me how to tie Aljaab (head gear). “From Cairo, we went to Omdurman (Sudan) where we stayed for three years. Although I was asked to leave my clothes back in Monrovia because my adopted father promised to buy new clothes for me when we got to Sudan, all I got were used clothes from his grandchildren. I was made to scrub the floor and wash the dishes. “As a child I wet bed at night. I was not well treated but made to sleep in the storeroom on the floor. Whenever I was sick, they did not take me to hospital. They just got me pills. Unless I was critically ill, I would not be taken to hospital.” Facia was a 3rd grade student at New Era International School on Jamaica Road at the time of her 'adoption' and that was all she had for education. She said after Omdurman the family moved to Emirate in Sudan for a year before settling at El Mamoura, a district in Khartoum where her master had completed a three-storey mansion. |
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