Like it or hate it as I do, the fact remains that activism is dead as a passion and alive and well as a business. The reason solution comes to a problem when it goes public in today’s world is because those who could help will not help except an issue is made into a movie for public spectacle and in such cases helping will add to a certain CV.
When the Ese Oruru’s case broke, Madam Oby Ezekwesilli picked up her phone and was calling Sanusi Lamido and twitting what he said, Ben Murray Bruce started making common sense about it, Punch went to town with sensational “Kano man” abducts “Bayelsa girl”, and of course there was the new cool “I will not rest until Ese is returned back home” all over twitter and facebook; every Nigerian became selfless, concerned and caring. You have to wonder who killed those 4 innocent boys in ALUU over a mere accusation of stealing.
In 2013 we watched the horror of everyday Nigerians murdering a little boy, Samuel, who was just 12. They kicked him, beat him, dragged him on the floor, put a tyre to his neck as he begged, added fuel and set the little boy on fire. Before they killed him they interviewed the little boy, confirmed his age, heard how he had no home, watched him cry for help and swore by God that he was innocent of the charge of stealing 50 naira, beat him even more while he cried “oh my God, my God why” when he realized he was hopeless, amidst cheers and boasting and laughs from men, women, girls and boys, these Nigerians set 12 years old Samuel on fire and continued to beat him with a stick. These category of Nigerians who murder people for as little as an accusation of stealing maggi in the market are all over twitter and facebook lying to the world about how they will not sleep until Ese Oruru returns home. This is because our kindness is scripted for profit, devoid of sincerity, and conditioned on bigotry. I will explain one after the other.
Today the world notes Ese Oruru as a young lady who ran away with a man and got pregnant. Yunusa Dahiru’s name will soon be forgotten, he will be dismissed as a criminal, that’s all. But Ese Oruru is already the subject of ridicule, some have compared her beauty to the beauty of women in the North, her father has told the world she possessed with demons and needs deliverance from TB Joshua, Fani Kayode, speaking from his sleep as usual, has already assured us that Ese is a victim of rape and ritual sex. Would it not have been more Ese-friendly if the same people who “helped” helped with a little less noise? Why can’t the Editors at Punch call up Oby Ezekwesilli who calls up Emir Sanusi Lamido who in turn calls up the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese is returned home? This is exactly what happened except that Madam Oby had to tweet the calls, the Emir had to deny accusations coming from the publicity, and media houses had to also be relevant in the scheme of things afteral papers will not sell without Ese that day. Why must it be so loud if it could be effective and quite? More so when the young lady is the only one to put up with the ridicule, embarrassment, and spotlight at the end of the day. Even when we ask victims of clear cut crimes to speak up despite the stigma, we don’t ask them to use a microphone while doing so and we especially don’t ask others to do so for them because they alone will bear the burden. People simply benefited from Ese’s saga and it’s unfortunate.
There is absolutely no sincerity in making public show out of this kind of help and there was no sincerity in how Punch went about this campaign. Apart from the public show there were blatant lies which points to an effort in sensationalism and commercialization of a little girl’s plight. From the first story itself there was no doubt that Yunusa and Ese had something and the mother knew it. This fact was consciously hidden while the sensation of “Kano man” and “Bayelsa girl” was used. The mother narrates that as soon as she couldn’t see her daughter people told her “the Northerners would have hidden her”. Why? No one asked, not even the journalists at Punch. She goes ahead to say when she checked and didn’t see her daughter she sent her son to “go and ask of Yunusa”. As what? Why Yunusa? No one asked, it was enough for Punch to have discovered what will sell their papers, journalism can wait. The more of a victim Ese was the better. The painful thing is even that anyhow you look at it Ese was already a victim either of victimization from the parents who want to kill her for accepting Islam as she claims or of falling for Yunusa or for going to Kano with Yunusa who was not her husband, father or her brother; there was no need “padding” the victimization except for commerce or/and bigotry. This bigotry is loudest in with the lies peddled by Femi Fani Kayode in his article where he reduced the age of a former undergraduate who is publicly known, Miss Charity Uzoechina from 25 to 13 and referred to the Emir of Kano and Sultan of Sokoto as likely paedophiles. That any responsible news media will publish this poo is still a matter of surprise for sane Nigerians, a category of people Mr. Kayode apparently does not belong to, as this is apparent from his writings to his look and demeanour.
As of now the facts that have come to light include that Ese Oruru went willingly with Yunusa Dahiru to Kano and she claims she did this because she accepted Islam and her parents wanted to kill her. Also we know of fact that there was a relationship between Ese and Yunusa and the father of Yunusa opposed her movement as any father will do and took both of them to the local authorities in Kano. This authority referred it to the Emir of Kano who referred the matter to the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese Oruru was returned to Bayelsa. On the date she was to be returned she broke down crying at the police station and insisted that if she is taken back home she will be murdered by her parents for her chosen faith. On hearing this the Police keeps her in the custody of the local community until investigation is concluded. In the process of this, Punch commercializes the issue and other merchants in the business of activism discovered a profitable venture and that is why Nigerians are on each other’s neck today cursing out each other’s region and religion. This is how the love for money and fame and clear insincerity leads to hatred and violence and at the end religion is blamed.
Stop commercialising Ese Oruru’s case and let the authorities get to the issue. There is a young lady who says she wants to be a Muslim and she also wants to be with a young man and, according to her, her parents want to kill her for this so she rather stays in Kano. There is the parent who say this is not correct and they think she is being forced to say this and that her new faith is due to some hypnosis. The Government should investigate and settle the issue in the family and if in the course of all these anyone broke the law please prosecute in court not on social media and pages of a newspaper. Femi Falana can’t keep “going to court” on every issue that makes news. Let him go to court already. This is not a talk show or a season premiere. A young lady’s life is at stake!
Flows so well. Hope you send it in as an article, sha.
That said, it will interest you to know that your bias on the story is too obvious. You kept quite about the fundamental issue - Ese Orurua is a minor.
Can all the Yinusas of this world come and carry all the over-aged maidens in Owerri and marry, and you have happy family trads. Some are nearing 45 and very desperate. Many are in Abuja looking for alhaji to hook, but no way: the Alhajis tough like undone kpomo !
Please use you God-given gift to good use. You are a hatchet man doing a hatchet job joor. May be paid.
Thank you for your reference to Samuels death, I think about that incident all the time.
Per Eses' case ,its quite tricky and only the two involved can say the real truth however the situation as once again exposed how forced a country we are ,the exchange btw Christians and Muslim is embarrassing, educated people losing there sense of reasoning and further committing sin against God by their utterances .Northerners and Southerners also playing their blame game as the southerns are Christians and northerners are Muslim again ,embarrassing display for folly.
Whatever the case is ,whether its a case of a young girl who had a crush on a man and eloped with him,or a man who kidnapped a lady and forcefully had his way with her ,its not looking good for the man from a legal point of view,in either of the cases he faces charges on kidnapping because she is a minor ,if its the first case ,he may not be held for rape .... Anyway, I will send lashes of the cane to her mother for exposing her to men in the name of selling food,its unfair to expose your children to such lifestyle and not have a super efficient antenna.
The young man obviously comes from a place where sleeping with minors is normal, and even in the South I dare say its the same thing .I would want the man purnished because ,this will make men run away from minors, its only natural for a girl to be attracted to an older man but taking advantage of her is on the man and this will have many sit tight .
Like it or hate it as I do, the fact remains that activism is dead as a passion and alive and well as a business. The reason solution comes to a problem when it goes public in today’s world is because those who could help will not help except an issue is made into a movie for public spectacle and in such cases helping will add to a certain CV.
When the Ese Oruru’s case broke, Madam Oby Ezekwesilli picked up her phone and was calling Sanusi Lamido and twitting what he said, Ben Murray Bruce started making common sense about it, Punch went to town with sensational “Kano man” abducts “Bayelsa girl”, and of course there was the new cool “I will not rest until Ese is returned back home” all over twitter and facebook; every Nigerian became selfless, concerned and caring. You have to wonder who killed those 4 innocent boys in ALUU over a mere accusation of stealing.
In 2013 we watched the horror of everyday Nigerians murdering a little boy, Samuel, who was just 12. They kicked him, beat him, dragged him on the floor, put a tyre to his neck as he begged, added fuel and set the little boy on fire. Before they killed him they interviewed the little boy, confirmed his age, heard how he had no home, watched him cry for help and swore by God that he was innocent of the charge of stealing 50 naira, beat him even more while he cried “oh my God, my God why” when he realized he was hopeless, amidst cheers and boasting and laughs from men, women, girls and boys, these Nigerians set 12 years old Samuel on fire and continued to beat him with a stick. These category of Nigerians who murder people for as little as an accusation of stealing maggi in the market are all over twitter and facebook lying to the world about how they will not sleep until Ese Oruru returns home. This is because our kindness is scripted for profit, devoid of sincerity, and conditioned on bigotry. I will explain one after the other.
Today the world notes Ese Oruru as a young lady who ran away with a man and got pregnant. Yunusa Dahiru’s name will soon be forgotten, he will be dismissed as a criminal, that’s all. But Ese Oruru is already the subject of ridicule, some have compared her beauty to the beauty of women in the North, her father has told the world she possessed with demons and needs deliverance from TB Joshua, Fani Kayode, speaking from his sleep as usual, has already assured us that Ese is a victim of rape and ritual sex. Would it not have been more Ese-friendly if the same people who “helped” helped with a little less noise? Why can’t the Editors at Punch call up Oby Ezekwesilli who calls up Emir Sanusi Lamido who in turn calls up the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese is returned home? This is exactly what happened except that Madam Oby had to tweet the calls, the Emir had to deny accusations coming from the publicity, and media houses had to also be relevant in the scheme of things afteral papers will not sell without Ese that day. Why must it be so loud if it could be effective and quite? More so when the young lady is the only one to put up with the ridicule, embarrassment, and spotlight at the end of the day. Even when we ask victims of clear cut crimes to speak up despite the stigma, we don’t ask them to use a microphone while doing so and we especially don’t ask others to do so for them because they alone will bear the burden. People simply benefited from Ese’s saga and it’s unfortunate.
There is absolutely no sincerity in making public show out of this kind of help and there was no sincerity in how Punch went about this campaign. Apart from the public show there were blatant lies which points to an effort in sensationalism and commercialization of a little girl’s plight. From the first story itself there was no doubt that Yunusa and Ese had something and the mother knew it. This fact was consciously hidden while the sensation of “Kano man” and “Bayelsa girl” was used. The mother narrates that as soon as she couldn’t see her daughter people told her “the Northerners would have hidden her”. Why? No one asked, not even the journalists at Punch. She goes ahead to say when she checked and didn’t see her daughter she sent her son to “go and ask of Yunusa”. As what? Why Yunusa? No one asked, it was enough for Punch to have discovered what will sell their papers, journalism can wait. The more of a victim Ese was the better. The painful thing is even that anyhow you look at it Ese was already a victim either of victimization from the parents who want to kill her for accepting Islam as she claims or of falling for Yunusa or for going to Kano with Yunusa who was not her husband, father or her brother; there was no need “padding” the victimization except for commerce or/and bigotry. This bigotry is loudest in with the lies peddled by Femi Fani Kayode in his article where he reduced the age of a former undergraduate who is publicly known, Miss Charity Uzoechina from 25 to 13 and referred to the Emir of Kano and Sultan of Sokoto as likely paedophiles. That any responsible news media will publish this poo is still a matter of surprise for sane Nigerians, a category of people Mr. Kayode apparently does not belong to, as this is apparent from his writings to his look and demeanour.
As of now the facts that have come to light include that Ese Oruru went willingly with Yunusa Dahiru to Kano and she claims she did this because she accepted Islam and her parents wanted to kill her. Also we know of fact that there was a relationship between Ese and Yunusa and the father of Yunusa opposed her movement as any father will do and took both of them to the local authorities in Kano. This authority referred it to the Emir of Kano who referred the matter to the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese Oruru was returned to Bayelsa. On the date she was to be returned she broke down crying at the police station and insisted that if she is taken back home she will be murdered by her parents for her chosen faith. On hearing this the Police keeps her in the custody of the local community until investigation is concluded. In the process of this, Punch commercializes the issue and other merchants in the business of activism discovered a profitable venture and that is why Nigerians are on each other’s neck today cursing out each other’s region and religion. This is how the love for money and fame and clear insincerity leads to hatred and violence and at the end religion is blamed.
Stop commercialising Ese Oruru’s case and let the authorities get to the issue. There is a young lady who says she wants to be a Muslim and she also wants to be with a young man and, according to her, her parents want to kill her for this so she rather stays in Kano. There is the parent who say this is not correct and they think she is being forced to say this and that her new faith is due to some hypnosis. The Government should investigate and settle the issue in the family and if in the course of all these anyone broke the law please prosecute in court not on social media and pages of a newspaper. Femi Falana can’t keep “going to court” on every issue that makes news. Let him go to court already. This is not a talk show or a season premiere. A young lady’s life is at stake!
Like it or hate it as I do, the fact remains that activism is dead as a passion and alive and well as a business. The reason solution comes to a problem when it goes public in today’s world is because those who could help will not help except an issue is made into a movie for public spectacle and in such cases helping will add to a certain CV.
When the Ese Oruru’s case broke, Madam Oby Ezekwesilli picked up her phone and was calling Sanusi Lamido and twitting what he said, Ben Murray Bruce started making common sense about it, Punch went to town with sensational “Kano man” abducts “Bayelsa girl”, and of course there was the new cool “I will not rest until Ese is returned back home” all over twitter and facebook; every Nigerian became selfless, concerned and caring. You have to wonder who killed those 4 innocent boys in ALUU over a mere accusation of stealing.
In 2013 we watched the horror of everyday Nigerians murdering a little boy, Samuel, who was just 12. They kicked him, beat him, dragged him on the floor, put a tyre to his neck as he begged, added fuel and set the little boy on fire. Before they killed him they interviewed the little boy, confirmed his age, heard how he had no home, watched him cry for help and swore by God that he was innocent of the charge of stealing 50 naira, beat him even more while he cried “oh my God, my God why” when he realized he was hopeless, amidst cheers and boasting and laughs from men, women, girls and boys, these Nigerians set 12 years old Samuel on fire and continued to beat him with a stick. These category of Nigerians who murder people for as little as an accusation of stealing maggi in the market are all over twitter and facebook lying to the world about how they will not sleep until Ese Oruru returns home. This is because our kindness is scripted for profit, devoid of sincerity, and conditioned on bigotry. I will explain one after the other.
Today the world notes Ese Oruru as a young lady who ran away with a man and got pregnant. Yunusa Dahiru’s name will soon be forgotten, he will be dismissed as a criminal, that’s all. But Ese Oruru is already the subject of ridicule, some have compared her beauty to the beauty of women in the North, her father has told the world she possessed with demons and needs deliverance from TB Joshua, Fani Kayode, speaking from his sleep as usual, has already assured us that Ese is a victim of rape and ritual sex. Would it not have been more Ese-friendly if the same people who “helped” helped with a little less noise? Why can’t the Editors at Punch call up Oby Ezekwesilli who calls up Emir Sanusi Lamido who in turn calls up the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese is returned home? This is exactly what happened except that Madam Oby had to tweet the calls, the Emir had to deny accusations coming from the publicity, and media houses had to also be relevant in the scheme of things afteral papers will not sell without Ese that day. Why must it be so loud if it could be effective and quite? More so when the young lady is the only one to put up with the ridicule, embarrassment, and spotlight at the end of the day. Even when we ask victims of clear cut crimes to speak up despite the stigma, we don’t ask them to use a microphone while doing so and we especially don’t ask others to do so for them because they alone will bear the burden. People simply benefited from Ese’s saga and it’s unfortunate.
There is absolutely no sincerity in making public show out of this kind of help and there was no sincerity in how Punch went about this campaign. Apart from the public show there were blatant lies which points to an effort in sensationalism and commercialization of a little girl’s plight. From the first story itself there was no doubt that Yunusa and Ese had something and the mother knew it. This fact was consciously hidden while the sensation of “Kano man” and “Bayelsa girl” was used. The mother narrates that as soon as she couldn’t see her daughter people told her “the Northerners would have hidden her”. Why? No one asked, not even the journalists at Punch. She goes ahead to say when she checked and didn’t see her daughter she sent her son to “go and ask of Yunusa”. As what? Why Yunusa? No one asked, it was enough for Punch to have discovered what will sell their papers, journalism can wait. The more of a victim Ese was the better. The painful thing is even that anyhow you look at it Ese was already a victim either of victimization from the parents who want to kill her for accepting Islam as she claims or of falling for Yunusa or for going to Kano with Yunusa who was not her husband, father or her brother; there was no need “padding” the victimization except for commerce or/and bigotry. This bigotry is loudest in with the lies peddled by Femi Fani Kayode in his article where he reduced the age of a former undergraduate who is publicly known, Miss Charity Uzoechina from 25 to 13 and referred to the Emir of Kano and Sultan of Sokoto as likely paedophiles. That any responsible news media will publish this poo is still a matter of surprise for sane Nigerians, a category of people Mr. Kayode apparently does not belong to, as this is apparent from his writings to his look and demeanour.
As of now the facts that have come to light include that Ese Oruru went willingly with Yunusa Dahiru to Kano and she claims she did this because she accepted Islam and her parents wanted to kill her. Also we know of fact that there was a relationship between Ese and Yunusa and the father of Yunusa opposed her movement as any father will do and took both of them to the local authorities in Kano. This authority referred it to the Emir of Kano who referred the matter to the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese Oruru was returned to Bayelsa. On the date she was to be returned she broke down crying at the police station and insisted that if she is taken back home she will be murdered by her parents for her chosen faith. On hearing this the Police keeps her in the custody of the local community until investigation is concluded. In the process of this, Punch commercializes the issue and other merchants in the business of activism discovered a profitable venture and that is why Nigerians are on each other’s neck today cursing out each other’s region and religion. This is how the love for money and fame and clear insincerity leads to hatred and violence and at the end religion is blamed.
Stop commercialising Ese Oruru’s case and let the authorities get to the issue. There is a young lady who says she wants to be a Muslim and she also wants to be with a young man and, according to her, her parents want to kill her for this so she rather stays in Kano. There is the parent who say this is not correct and they think she is being forced to say this and that her new faith is due to some hypnosis. The Government should investigate and settle the issue in the family and if in the course of all these anyone broke the law please prosecute in court not on social media and pages of a newspaper. Femi Falana can’t keep “going to court” on every issue that makes news. Let him go to court already. This is not a talk show or a season premiere. A young lady’s life is at stake!
Quite senseless missive. Did you in your own bigotry ever thought that the girl is a minor?.
Don't let me say what I wouldn't ordinarily want to say
Like it or hate it as I do, the fact remains that activism is dead as a passion and alive and well as a business. The reason solution comes to a problem when it goes public in today’s world is because those who could help will not help except an issue is made into a movie for public spectacle and in such cases helping will add to a certain CV.
When the Ese Oruru’s case broke, Madam Oby Ezekwesilli picked up her phone and was calling Sanusi Lamido and twitting what he said, Ben Murray Bruce started making common sense about it, Punch went to town with sensational “Kano man” abducts “Bayelsa girl”, and of course there was the new cool “I will not rest until Ese is returned back home” all over twitter and facebook; every Nigerian became selfless, concerned and caring. You have to wonder who killed those 4 innocent boys in ALUU over a mere accusation of stealing.
In 2013 we watched the horror of everyday Nigerians murdering a little boy, Samuel, who was just 12. They kicked him, beat him, dragged him on the floor, put a tyre to his neck as he begged, added fuel and set the little boy on fire. Before they killed him they interviewed the little boy, confirmed his age, heard how he had no home, watched him cry for help and swore by God that he was innocent of the charge of stealing 50 naira, beat him even more while he cried “oh my God, my God why” when he realized he was hopeless, amidst cheers and boasting and laughs from men, women, girls and boys, these Nigerians set 12 years old Samuel on fire and continued to beat him with a stick. These category of Nigerians who murder people for as little as an accusation of stealing maggi in the market are all over twitter and facebook lying to the world about how they will not sleep until Ese Oruru returns home. This is because our kindness is scripted for profit, devoid of sincerity, and conditioned on bigotry. I will explain one after the other.
Today the world notes Ese Oruru as a young lady who ran away with a man and got pregnant. Yunusa Dahiru’s name will soon be forgotten, he will be dismissed as a criminal, that’s all. But Ese Oruru is already the subject of ridicule, some have compared her beauty to the beauty of women in the North, her father has told the world she possessed with demons and needs deliverance from TB Joshua, Fani Kayode, speaking from his sleep as usual, has already assured us that Ese is a victim of rape and ritual sex. Would it not have been more Ese-friendly if the same people who “helped” helped with a little less noise? Why can’t the Editors at Punch call up Oby Ezekwesilli who calls up Emir Sanusi Lamido who in turn calls up the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese is returned home? This is exactly what happened except that Madam Oby had to tweet the calls, the Emir had to deny accusations coming from the publicity, and media houses had to also be relevant in the scheme of things afteral papers will not sell without Ese that day. Why must it be so loud if it could be effective and quite? More so when the young lady is the only one to put up with the ridicule, embarrassment, and spotlight at the end of the day. Even when we ask victims of clear cut crimes to speak up despite the stigma, we don’t ask them to use a microphone while doing so and we especially don’t ask others to do so for them because they alone will bear the burden. People simply benefited from Ese’s saga and it’s unfortunate.
There is absolutely no sincerity in making public show out of this kind of help and there was no sincerity in how Punch went about this campaign. Apart from the public show there were blatant lies which points to an effort in sensationalism and commercialization of a little girl’s plight. From the first story itself there was no doubt that Yunusa and Ese had something and the mother knew it. This fact was consciously hidden while the sensation of “Kano man” and “Bayelsa girl” was used. The mother narrates that as soon as she couldn’t see her daughter people told her “the Northerners would have hidden her”. Why? No one asked, not even the journalists at Punch. She goes ahead to say when she checked and didn’t see her daughter she sent her son to “go and ask of Yunusa”. As what? Why Yunusa? No one asked, it was enough for Punch to have discovered what will sell their papers, journalism can wait. The more of a victim Ese was the better. The painful thing is even that anyhow you look at it Ese was already a victim either of victimization from the parents who want to kill her for accepting Islam as she claims or of falling for Yunusa or for going to Kano with Yunusa who was not her husband, father or her brother; there was no need “padding” the victimization except for commerce or/and bigotry. This bigotry is loudest in with the lies peddled by Femi Fani Kayode in his article where he reduced the age of a former undergraduate who is publicly known, Miss Charity Uzoechina from 25 to 13 and referred to the Emir of Kano and Sultan of Sokoto as likely paedophiles. That any responsible news media will publish this poo is still a matter of surprise for sane Nigerians, a category of people Mr. Kayode apparently does not belong to, as this is apparent from his writings to his look and demeanour.
As of now the facts that have come to light include that Ese Oruru went willingly with Yunusa Dahiru to Kano and she claims she did this because she accepted Islam and her parents wanted to kill her. Also we know of fact that there was a relationship between Ese and Yunusa and the father of Yunusa opposed her movement as any father will do and took both of them to the local authorities in Kano. This authority referred it to the Emir of Kano who referred the matter to the Police and the Sharia Council to ensure Ese Oruru was returned to Bayelsa. On the date she was to be returned she broke down crying at the police station and insisted that if she is taken back home she will be murdered by her parents for her chosen faith. On hearing this the Police keeps her in the custody of the local community until investigation is concluded. In the process of this, Punch commercializes the issue and other merchants in the business of activism discovered a profitable venture and that is why Nigerians are on each other’s neck today cursing out each other’s region and religion. This is how the love for money and fame and clear insincerity leads to hatred and violence and at the end religion is blamed.
Stop commercialising Ese Oruru’s case and let the authorities get to the issue. There is a young lady who says she wants to be a Muslim and she also wants to be with a young man and, according to her, her parents want to kill her for this so she rather stays in Kano. There is the parent who say this is not correct and they think she is being forced to say this and that her new faith is due to some hypnosis. The Government should investigate and settle the issue in the family and if in the course of all these anyone broke the law please prosecute in court not on social media and pages of a newspaper. Femi Falana can’t keep “going to court” on every issue that makes news. Let him go to court already. This is not a talk show or a season premiere. A young lady’s life is at stake!
Another Festus Keyamo spotted, I wish yo daughter falls victim one. On d Issue of media trial, I tut u guys celebrated efcc for convicting people. on d pages of the Nations Newspaper and tvc
Unfortunately many people fell for this commercial grade lies and deceit. The selfishness of a few turned to animosities of the many. Rape (statutory rape) should not be exposed to the public in such manner. None of this concerned this charlatans.
Rubbish and nonsensical write up. Let's foe argument sake agree that she followed him willingly, under the law, Yinusa has no right to take her because she is a minor.
Do you even understand what a minor i before the law? They are set of being who because of their age are believed not to be capable of making sound judgements in their own interests, so the right to make vital decisions is exercised for them by their parents.
So the right for Ese to follow Yinusa or not follow belongs to her parents.
Get more understanding about a matter before writing on it.
double0seven: Rubbish and nonsensical write up. Let's foe argument sake agree that she followed him willingly, under the law, Yinusa has no right to take her because she is a minor.
Do you even understand what a minor i before the law? They are set of being who because of their age are believed not to be capable of making sound judgements in their own interests, so the right to make vital decisions is exercised for them by their parents.
So the right for Ese to follow Yinusa or not follow belongs to her parents.
Get more understanding about a matter before writing on it.
This is one of point op is making WE Stop Jungle,mouth,media Justices.
double0seven: Rubbish and nonsensical write up. Let's foe argument sake agree that she followed him willingly, under the law, Yinusa has no right to take her because she is a minor.
Do you even understand what a minor i before the law? They are set of being who because of their age are believed not to be capable of making sound judgements in their own interests, so the right to make vital decisions is exercised for them by their parents.
So the right for Ese to follow Yinusa or not follow belongs to her parents.
Get more understanding about a matter before writing on it.
Which part of the article did you not understand? Bland!
Another Festus Keyamo spotted, I wish yo daughter falls victim one. On d Issue of media trial, I tut u guys celebrated efcc for convicting people. on d pages of the Nations Newspaper and tvc
And I thought you guys were against it? Hypocrites everywhere. Lol.
Quite senseless missive. Did you in your own bigotry ever thought that the girl is a minor?.
Don't let me say what I wouldn't ordinarily want to say
The OP covered the issue quite well even if he did not mention her status as a minor; it is obvious that your own bigotry is what was clouding your judgement; because if you had paid attention you would have noticed that the OP had effectively covered that aspect in his conclusion by urging the government to investigate and prosecute anyone found to have broken the law (i.e. including Yunusa on allegations of the said rape and abduction of a minor; similarly also the Emir, Sharia Board, the police and any other). You just need to read with more intelligence. While at it, pls also judge this youtube video and audio evidence showing the girl protesting against going with the police without her Yunusa as well as her interview claiming to be 17 yrs of age and admitting to voluntarily travelling with him to Kano and converting to Islam respectively.
The OP covered the issue quite well even if he did not mention her status as a minor; it is obvious that your own bigotry is what was clouding your judgement; because if you had paid attention you would have noticed that the OP had effectively covered that aspect in his conclusion by urging the government to investigate and prosecute anyone found to have broken the law (i.e. including Yunusa on allegations of the said rape and abduction of a minor; similarly also the Emir, Sharia Board, the police and any other). You just need to read with more intelligence. While at it, pls also judge this youtube video and audio evidence showing the girl protesting against going with the police without her Yunusa as well as her interview claiming to be 17 yrs of age and admitting to voluntarily travelling with him to Kano and converting to Islam respectively.
^^^^You are the thoughtless one, driven by emotions and bigotry than common sense. Where is the evidence that she was married, pregnant or even raped - you need chill on these allegations until there are sufficient evidence to prove otherwise.
Had Yunusa been a Christian and eloped with her to Italy into prostitution, it is doubtful if you and your ilk would have lifted an eyebrow let alone jump on the bandwagon of insults against an entire region and religion on the perceived crime of only one person from that group; even her parents would likely be hailing her for sending back high valued Euros for them to build a house (a common practice from her Delta extraction and Bayelsan domicile) - not to mention that underage sex, pregnancy and prostitution is quite rampant in that regional axis - notwithstanding that no one in north is supporting Yunusa or admitting to no wrong doing on his part; what we abhor is the mindless blanket condemnation of his region/religion/tribe for his singular action.
What is this unholy comparison for ? Why can't a spade be called a blasting spade and not something else .
If a Christian goes off with a minor ,its just as bad and your comparison to Italy and prostitution is cringe worthy .
This religious bias is so disappointing,if your daughter or sister runs off with an older man ,who do you blame more ? That adult or supposed adult of course and that's what is happening .
Get over yourselves.
ItsMeAboki: ^^^^You are the thoughtless one, driven by emotions and bigotry than common sense.Where is the evidence that she was married, pregnant or even raped - you need chill on these allegations until there are sufficient evidence to prove otherwise.
Had Yunusa been a Christian and eloped with her to Italy into prostitution, it is doubtful if you and your ilk would have lifted an eyebrow let alone jump on the bandwagon ofà insults against an entire region and religion on the perceived crime of only one person from that group; even her parents would likely be hailing her for sending back high valued Euros for them to build a house (a common practice from her Delta extraction and Bayelsan domicile) - not to mention that underage sex, pregnancy and prostitution is quite rampant in that regional axis - notwithstanding that no one in north is supporting Yunusa or admitting to no wrong doing on his part; what we abhor is the mindless blanket condemnation of his region/religion/tribe for his singular action.
Read through the whole epistle and the writer has no point. Without the loud media campaign and cyber noise. The girl will still be in Kano. The law and powers are hugely tilted against the poor; imagine the other cases that were highlighted since the ese issue. Families talking about 1 year or more since they last saw their daughters and the writer is busy talking about how procedures should be followed. This is a crises and in a crises you administer emergency saving measures. After now the northern governors should go on a media blitz to tell their citizens especially the village heads and emirs they will be no safe houses for those who bring teenagers to their jurisdiction. The laws of Nigeria is superior to cultural and religious tenets.
As much as i would not ve loved to comment on this issue or write-up, but why is it that every muslim brother /sister always try to find a reason to justify his fellow muslim brother's/Sister's action indirectly/directly when wrong. I even note it among my muslim friends that i once harboured in my own house. So all the cases we have been hearing or just springing up of forceful conversion or marriages are all cases of 2 love birds eloping? I would have appreciated a more refine article about separating hausa tradition/culture from Islamic practices.
IvyBelle: What is this unholy comparison for ? Why can't a spade be called a blasting spade and not something else .
If a Christian goes off with a minor ,its just as bad and your comparison to Italy and prostitution is cringe worthy .
This religious bias is so disappointing,if your daughter or sister runs off with an older man ,who do you blame more ? That adult or supposed adult of course and that's what is happening .
Get over yourselves.
I don't deal with toddlers who are yet to develop intelligence; go brush up on your comprehension, perhaps only then I may respond to you.
