Audio interview with abducted Ese Oruru goes viral, Emir of Kano insist the girl has been released

The alleged audio interview between a police interrogator and abducted Bayelsa teenager, Ese Oruru is out finally.

Premium Times reported that the girl was interviewed at at the premises of the Zone 1 Police Headquarters in Kano, on Monday.

In the recording, Miss Oruru was heard saying she did not want to return to her home in Bayelsa, a claim a lawyer said should be disregarded because she is still a minor.

Ese Oruru insisted her name is now Aisha Chuwas, she is 17 and not 14 as claimed by her parents.

She said in the audio: "I came here to be a Muslim and I will stay here,”

Twitter users have claimed that the voice in the recording is that of an Hausa girl not someone born and raised in Bayelsa.

"How can she speak like that when she has not even lived in Kano for 6 months" a social media user asked.

Human rights lawyer, Huwaila Mohammed, claimed she was given access to the girl at the Zonal Police Headquarters in Kano.

She said upon interrogation, she understood the girl was never forced to convert to Islam.

“When I approached her initially, she refused to talk to me. Later she opened up to me.

“She is very defiant. She told me she was born in February 1999. I personally wanted her to reunite with her family, but surprisingly she asked me to tell her mother that she will never return to Bayelsa."

Ms. Mohammed, who also spoke with Miss Oruru’s lover, Yunusa Yellow, said upon interrogation, she established that he is 18-year-old man “not anywhere above 20”.

“I was surprised when I saw a very small boy. He is just 18-year old. I was enraged thinking that it was an old man involved in the saga. From the way I see it, they eloped not because of religion but love,” she said.

Mohammed added that “the police should ensure that she is protected and returned to her family.”

The Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II has also ordered the immediate release of Ese to her parents.

According to Vanguard, the emir of Kano, in his first official response since the abduction of the youngster was made public, distanced himself, Kano emirate council from the purported abduction by her suspected lover. “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,” he said.

Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, has also promised to work with his Kano State counterpart, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, to ensure the immediate return of 14-year-old girl.

Ese Rita Oruru was allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa local government area of Bayelsa state, by Yunusa in August, 2015.

Listen to the recording below.

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