A teenager, Ese Oruru was abducted in August 2015 by one Yinusa, a longstanding customer of her mother, Mrs. Rose Oruru.
Mrs. Rose is a food vendor in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
Yinusa later took Ese to Kano where she was allegedly converted to Islam and forcefully married at age 13.
It was gathered that since August 12, 2015, when her parents made the shocking discovery trips to Kano, the involvement of the police and efforts to get the Emir of Kano, Mallam Lamido Sanusi was a tougher stage.
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.
The fact that the teenager’s parents had reported at the Ekeki Police Station, Yenagoa, and to the Kwani Police Station, Kano, and sought the IGP’s intervention since last year without success angered many Nigerians.
The parents had said all efforts to secure the release of their daughter from the palace had proved abortive. But, on Sunday, the #FreeEseOruruNow was everywhere on the social media platform where Nigerians agitated for the release of the teenager.
The Emir reacted by publishing a copy of the letter he sent to the Assistant Inspector General of Police on social media, ordering the release of the young girl to her parents but when asked how soon Nigerians could expect the release of Ese, the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase said the Emir of Kano’s Hajj trip is responsible for the delay in securing the release of Ese.
He said, “Well, that is dependent on the intervention of the emir. We have agreed to resolve the matter. I cannot give a timeline. But what I am telling you is that we did not abandon the matter as being insinuated. We have been following it up. The issue will be resolved.”
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