While many other girls of her age would be under their parents' watch, go to school regularly, and properly cared for, 12-year-old Fatimah Abdullahi was made to depart her parent's home for her new home.
It was a blithesome day for Fatimah in 2013. The scorching sun was already making out its way and the day was filled with merrymaking at the veranda of her family house in Gidan Marayu, Sokoto.
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