Breaking News: Emir of Kano bows to pressure, orders Sharia commission to return Ese (the girl abducted, forcibly converted and married off) to Bayelsa

News Express |29th Feb 2016 | 3,284
Breaking News: Emir of Kano bows to pressure, orders Sharia commission to return Ese (the girl abducted, forcibly converted and married off) to Bayelsa

The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II Monday ordered the state Sharia Commission to liaise with office of the Assistant Inspector General of police, zone 1 to commence process of returning the 14 years old teenager, Ese Oruru allegedly abducted by one Yunusa of Kura local government area of Kano state.

In his first official reaction, the emir of Kano distanced himself, Kano emirate council from the purported abduction of Ese Oruru by suspected lover. Sanusi II said: “I have ordered the sharia commission to liaise with the office of Deputy Inspector General of police zone to repatriate and reconcile the teenager with her family immediately.”

Ese Oruru was allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, by one Yunusa an indigene of Kura Local Government Area of Kano sometimes in August, 2015.

•Sourced from Vanguard. Photo shows Ese Oruru.

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