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Ese Oruru: ‘I don’t know how I got to Kano. I just followed Yinusa’

In an exclusive interview with Sun News Online, in a private home in Abuja, Ese Oruru, the 14-year-old teenager abducted from Bayelsa State and taken to Kano said it was only after she got to Kano and saw that the people and the environment were strange that she realised she was no longer at home. Excerpts from her Interview after the cut... How did you meet Yinusa? Ese: We sell food in Bayelsa; so they, Yellow and his other people, used to come and buy food from us. What does Yinusa do in Bayelsa? Ese: He came to Bayelsa to look for money. People say Inuwa is your b

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It’s not ordinary – Ese’s father speaks on her alleged abduction

  If you have been following Ese's story, you must have heard many conflicting reports regarding her alleged abduction and forced marriage in Kano.It is claimed she says she is 17,not 14 and she fled out of love. After Ese was handed over to the police on Monday, more than five months after she was allegedly abducted, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, said she was crying, refusing to go back home, but that he had insisted that she must be reunited with her parents. Her father Charles Oruru spoke to Channels Tv this evening and though he could not go to Abuja for t

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Bayelsa State Governor Dickson condemns the abduction of Ese Oruru, calls on parents to be extremely vigilant

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson has condemned the abduction and forceful conversion of 14-year-old Ese Oruru.This was contained in a statement issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Daniel Iwosoriso-Markson today. "I call on parents and guardians to be extremely vigilant, especially in the monitoring of the activities of their children, with a view to ensuring that, they do not fall victim to the antics of mischief makers," the statement reads. "I condemn the entire action, but also expressed satisfaction with the various individuals, non-governmental and civi