#FreeEse: Outrage over alleged abduction, forceful marriage of 14-yr-old in Kano
The pathetic story of how 14-year-old Ese Oruru, who
was in August 2015, allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area
of Bayelsa State, by one Yunusa, who hails from Kano, has continued to elicit
outrage on social media among Nigerians.
our correspondent gathered that Ese, who was 13
as at the time of her alleged abduction, was taken to Kano, by Yunusa, where he
converted her to Islam and married her. Ese’s parents had since last August
made trips to Kano, where they unraveled the plights of their daughter.
The
parents said they have involved the police, but efforts to get the Emir of
Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi, at whose palace the girl is believed to be held to
resolve the matter and ensure the return of the 14-year-old to them have proved
futile.
While her mother was told that Ese had converted to Islam and,
therefore, was no longer her daughter, her father was told that his daughter
was an 18-year-old adult and not 14, hence she was capable of making decisions
for herself.
However, Nigerians, yesterday, took to the social media to launch
a campaign #FreeEse, calling for the immediate release of the Urhobo-born
teenager, whose mother, Mrs. Rose Oruru, is a food vendor in Opolo, Bayelsa
State.
Vanguard
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