The mother of 14-year-old Ese Oruru has finally reunited with her daughter in Abuja.
The Tuesday reunion came almost eight months after her abduction from Bayelsa to Kano State by Yunusa, aka Yellow, a regular customer at her mother’s food stall, in August last year.
Abducted Ese Oruru had claimed in an exclusive audio interview by Premium Times that she was never abducted, but left Bayelsa on her own volition to Kano.
In the interview published below, Ese said she intentionally went to Kano to be converted to Islam.
AUDIO: Question and answer with 'abducted' Bayelsa girl, Ese O…
A teenager, who was allegedly kidnapped from Bayelsa State to Kano, Ese Oruru, said on Monday she was not interested in reuniting with her family, denying reports that she was abducted from her home in Bayelsa State.
Posted by Premium Times on Monday, 29 February 2016
Meanwhile the Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganguje, on Tuesday condemned the alleged abduction, adding nobody brought the matter to his attention, noting that he only got to know through the media.
This was contained in a statement by the Commissioner for Information, Mallam Mohammed Garba.
The state demanded the prosecution of Yunusa and others involved in the scandal.
“The government condemns the actions of the alleged abductor, as it is against the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and teachings of Islam which abhor abduction, forced marriage even with the consent of parents of a girl, be her a minor or adult, and forced conversion to Islam, as the Quran categorically states that ‘there is no compulsion in religion’.
“Security and other relevant agencies should expedite action to bring the suspect(s) to book according to the law.”
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