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‘Our parents have spent the last 28 years of their lives providing the best for every child…We the children of DuMerci cry out to the world and general public to say no to injustice. He is not a criminal…’
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Dear Friends,
This impassioned plea comes to you from 27 children in Nigeria who have been taken from Christian orphanages that were their home.
The only father they’ve known – Professor Richard Solomon Tarfa, who founded the orphanages with his wife Mercy – was arrested on Christmas Day 2019 and has been held in detention ever since. He is accused of ‘criminal conspiracy and abduction’, but in reality, Prof Tarfa and his wife are falsely suspected of converting Muslim children.
Campaign today for Professor Tarfa’s release As Mrs Tarfa was preparing Christmas lunch, armed policemen stormed the orphanage in Kano, demanding the Professor and his wife come to the police station for interrogation. The children were taken and put in a state-run institution, where they were later joined by children from the Kaduna branch of the orphanage, and where they are living in poor, cramped conditions. Help stop the harassment of the DuMerci Centre Prof Tarfa was detained, initially for running an illegal orphanage. After proving this wasn’t true, he was taken to court on 3 Jan 2020 to face charges of criminal conspiracy and abduction. He was unable to meet the steep bail conditions and is still detained. The excessive charges and harassment of Prof Tarfa and his wife appear to be the resumption of a campaign to close the orphanage which began in 2002. The DuMerci children need your help, so they can return home. ‘Please all meaningful people around the world, we are calling to you come to our aid and stop this menace on our home. We want to be reunited with our family..’ Please join me today in answering their cry. Dave Head of Campaigns P.S. Please forward this email to as many people as you can and ask them to add their voices too. Thank you. |
