Her captor — who failed to get her father's permission to marry her — insists he now has the right to marry her according to a tradition known as telefa.
Mwanaume aliyemteka -aliyeshindwa kupata ruhusa ya baba wa binti huyo ili aweze kumwoa -anatumia utekaji kama njia ya kulazimisha ndoa na msichana huyo kwa mujibu wa mila inayofahamika kama telefa nchini Ethiopia.