PRESS RELEASE:-

Kano State Government has noted with concern the news of the alleged abduction, forced marriage and conversion to Islam of one Ese Oruru, 14, of Opolo, Yenegoa, Bayelsa State, in August last year by one Yunusa , who is said to be an indigene of Kano State.
More worrying and disturbing is the inappropriate handling of the issue by the authorities concerned, including the police and the Department of State Services, particularly following the directive and request by His Highness, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, that the girl be taken back to Yenegoa and handed over to her parents immediately, since that fateful August when the matter was brought to his attention.
In view of the gravity of the allegation, the need to protect the rights of minors on matters of faith and marriage as well as promote unity and peaceful coexistence among all Nigerians particularly in the face of incorrect, misleading and grossly skewed misrepresentation of the issue and the comments it generated in the mainstream and social media, the Government of Kano State, for the purpose of setting the record straight, declares that:

The issue was handled with dispatch competently, courageously and with all sense of concern by His Highness, the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, since August last year when the case was brought to his attention by ordering that the girl, Ese Oruru, who has never ever been kept under his custody in the Palace, be taken back to her parents in Yenegoa in liaison with the office of the AIG Zone One, Nigeria Police Force. He however expressed deep concern, during a recent press briefing, that his directive was not handled accordingly and therefore ordered that an investigation immediately commence on why the directive was not complied with by the office of the AIG.
The issue was never at any point in time brought to the attention of the State Government by any authority, group or person involved in any capacity in the issue, but only knew of it in the media;

The State Government condemned in its entirety 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 and be dealt with according to the law;

Condemned any statement by any person, group or organization linking Kano State Government with the alleged abduction, forced marriage and conversion to Islam of the girl. Such unfounded, untrue, misguided and mischievous allegations being circulated in the mainstream and social media platforms are only meant to discredit and tarnish the good image of Kano State Government, its people and the personality of His Excellency, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
The Government has no prior knowledge of the issue before it becomes public; it has no connection whatsoever with the suspected culprit; it has never condone such actions and will never do so now or in the future. The actions of the suspected culprit are private action of an individual which he carries personal responsibility even before the law. It is therefore unfortunate and unjustifiable to attempt to link an unlawful action of only one person to the Government and over 15million people of the state. The person is solely responsible for his action and should take responsibility for it.

The State Government has a very cordial relationship with the indigenous people and Governments of Bayelsa and Delta States and will continue to do whatever possible to promote that. Kano indigenes living in these states and other states across the country are enjoined, as always, to live peacefully with their host communities and respect their ways of life and the Constitution of our great County.

The State Government has a very cordial relationship with the indigenous people and Governments of Bayelsa and Delta States and will continue to do whatever possible to promote that. Kano indigenes living in these states and other states across the country are enjoined, as always, to live peacefully with their host communities and respect their ways of life and the Constitution of our great country, the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Signed:
MALAM MUHAMMAD GARBA
Commissioner of Information, Youth, Sports and CultureKano.

emir is an eeediot

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Ok.

Islam is bad. Its teachgs r really inhuman. Always on d defensive, c dem.

Just Incase, we have forgotten

If With Corruption:
• Dollar was 200 and without Corruption Dollar is now 425

• Rice was N8,500 and without corruption it is now N13,500

• Pampers was N1,450 and without corruption it is now N1,850

• Petrol was N87 and available; without corruption it is now N120 and scarce

• Garri was N250, without corruption it is now N500

• Transportation was N500 Lagos - Ibadan, without corruption it is now N800

• Poor Electricity, tariff was not increased during corruption, now about 40% tariff increase without corruption but worst power supply

• Presidency Food was N1billion, but without corruption it is now N2billion

• Presidential Jets maintenance was N600/ year, now N2.5billion in just 4 months without corruption

• Aso Rock Clinic maintenance was N500million, now N3.9billion without corruption.

• Vice President was paid N75million for reading just books; without corruption the Vice President will be paid N430million • We didn't pay rent in Aso Rock; without corruption we will be paying a rent of N350million to an invisible landlord.

• Rats never ate our budgets, but rats now snuggle fictitious unimaginable figures into our budgets without corruption..

We have be scammed!!!

Yet some shameless unfortunate individuals had the audacity to take the actions of this single individual to cast aspersions on every northerner these people that you would read of selling their babies for stipends now come out insulting others for the actions that clearly contravenes their cultural values. It is pity when you share your country with itouts of beerfraud.

with the way this issue was & is being handled, there is no doubt in my mind that an elite northerner has a hand or interest in all this. This is because if it was just a mallan selling suya somewhere that planned all these, he would have been arrested and locked up for good.

ironically while the poor girls pictures and identity is all over the media, the picture of this mystery abductor has remained hided apart from his name being mentioned, a name without a face to it is a ghost to me.

My questions are as follow:

1. If the Emir and Kano state government have directed that Ese be returned to her parents, why was there no follow-up to ensure the directive was strictly adhered to?

2. If the Emir could remove a ruler in the emirate for a reason as reported in the news recently, what step did he take to punish Yinusa and his village head over this matter?

3. Who has kept Ese since August till now?

4. Where was she kept?

5. Why were the parents turned back when they visited Kano to see the Emir and some thugs even threatened to kill them?

6.Why didn't the Emir invite the parents when the matter was handed to the police to ensure they take immediate custody of their child knowing she is a minor and the agony they must have gone through?

Let us learn to reason with our heads and not hearts.

#childnotbride

If a muslim girl was kidnapped and changed to a Christian, there would be an outcry and possible violent retaliation by Northern muslims. Yet they expect people to be relaxed about this issue

What is this zoo where emir will be ordering police around? AIG for that matter.

Good statement from the govt there.

Buf I think there is a fundamental issue. It appears that there is a deep seated culture of forced marriage in the north among the muslim. how else would you explain the fact that yunusa publicly married Ese with the consent of elders and religious leaders and they saw nothing wrong with it?
It reminds me of Shekau kidnapping Chibok girs, converting them to Islam and marrying them off. What the difference?

resty4:
Islam is bad. Its teachgs r really inhuman. Always on d defensive, c dem.

There is this organ in your skull called a brain, if you're not interested in using it you can volunteer it to medical research.



Rabble-rouser

Hmmm

These people are not telling us the convincing undiluted truth. Truth can heal sore wounds.


Why is Mallam Sanusi Lamido (my amiable Emir btw) calling her Aisha instead of her real name Ese?

Macelliot:
Just Incase, we have forgotten

If With Corruption:
• Dollar was 200 and without Corruption Dollar is now 425

• Rice was N8,500 and without corruption it is now N13,500

• Pampers was N1,450 and without corruption it is now N1,850

• Petrol was N87 and available; without corruption it is now N120 and scarce

• Garri was N250, without corruption it is now N500

• Transportation was N500 Lagos - Ibadan, without corruption it is now N800

• Poor Electricity, tariff was not increased during corruption, now about 40% tariff increase without corruption but worst power supply

• Presidency Food was N1billion, but without corruption it is now N2billion

• Presidential Jets maintenance was N600/ year, now N2.5billion in just 4 months without corruption

• Aso Rock Clinic maintenance was N500million, now N3.9billion without corruption.

• Vice President was paid N75million for reading just books; without corruption the Vice President will be paid N430million • We didn't pay rent in Aso Rock; without corruption we will be paying a rent of N350million to an invisible landlord.

• Rats never ate our budgets, but rats now snuggle fictitious unimaginable figures into our budgets without corruption..

We have be scammed!!!

How much was crude oil then and now?

How much was the foreign reserve then and now?

What was our national debt then and now?


Tell us what he met before ✋ handing over.

How much was was the dollar when he came and how much when he left?


God bless you.

Nice one..ipods won't be happy

Yyeske:
How much was crude oil then and now?

How much was the foreign reserve then and now?

What was our national debt then and now?


Tell us what he met before ✋ handing over.

How much was was the dollar when he came and how much when he left?


God bless you.

How does this nonsense you typed affect the market woman?

biafranbaby:
What is this zoo where emir will be ordering police around? AIG for that matter.

Guy na that statement tire me.

Why is the Emir involved. It means she was actually somewhere in the palace.

Will Sanusi be involved if it was just one mai suya mallam?

Naija is really a Zoo!