14-yr-old abducted Ese Oruru says: "I am not fine"

11:48 - 02 March 2016

14-yr-old abducted girl moved to the police headquarters in Abuja

14-year-old Ese Rita Oruru who was allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state told reporters “I am not fine.”

14-year-old Ese Rita Oruru who was allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state, by Yunusa in August, 2015, insist 'she is not fine'.

When asked by a Punch correspondent if she was treated well, Ese retorted: “I am not fine.”

When she was asked why, she told the reporter: "When I come we should see. I don’t know you.”

Another video has resurfaced where the abducted Bayelsa teenager was seen arguing with the police and officials of the Kano Shari’ah Commission that she would not enter police vehicle without her lover, Yunusa Yellow.

PREMIUM TIMES reported that it took the officials a great deal of effort to convince Miss Oruru to enter the vehicle for transportation from the office of Kano State Shariah Commission to the Zonal Police Headquarters in Kano. (Watch video below)

However, the teenager has since been moved from Kano State, and transferred to the Police headquarters in Abuja where she was reunited with her parents.

The family of Ese Oruru have expressed their joy over the release of the girl to the police.

Ese’s mother, Rose Oruru, told newsmen: “I am so happy. In fact, I am bursting with joy,”

Ese’s father, Mr Charles Oruru, said he was earnestly waiting to set his eyes on his daughter.

He disclosed that he has concluded plans to seek spiritual assistance from Lagos cleric, Pastor T.B. Joshua, founder of The Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).

The Kano state governor Abdullahi Ganguje has demanded the prosecution of Yunusa and others involved in the scandal.

Statement from the government house reads: "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.”