₦airaland Forum

STARGREEN:
This is good news. May it be so. If u dream it... you can.

ItsMeAboki:
Similarly, how can you say it was forceful conversion when the girl herself was clearly saying otherwise?
Why was she (in the video) protesting against being handed over to the police without her Yunusa - does that suggest forceful abduction to you?

Even the issue of her age was suspicious, lying she was 17yrs instead of 13 or 14yrs suggested complicity and deception on her part in order she may prolong her stay with her lover, Yunusa - don't say she was completely innocent and didn't contribute anything towards her predicament.

Abagworo:
This was exactly the statement some of you made when Agatu people attacked and killed few Fulani herdsmen last year. Violence can never solve the problem especially against a people who have no home but are nomads. Watch how their revenge of 7 might be 700 and it might come in 5 years time or next week but I bet the Ghanian villagers will be caught unawares.

igbobuigbo:
How did these Nigerian fulani herdsmen take their cattle all the way to Ghana?

Mrfrankojukwu:
Who is this one? Abeg go meet your mate at yaba left.

stevLegend:
Abeg, how 1987 to 2016 take equal 33 yrs?

initiate:
na world people

the lexus has abundant safety features, even if the driver doze it go sound alarm, if there is any discrepancies on the road the cruise control will disengage and it has one of the best traction control so avoid slip plus rigid body structure and crumple zone to protect occupants

honestly kogi people wicked, no value for human life, no mercy at all

wink2015:
[size=20pt]I thought this big jeep most of our Nigerian big men ( mostly politician ) travel in is injury proof. Sorry to hear that he died tragically.

Fear of kidnappers makes them to drive more recklessly in a bid to avoid being kidnapped.[/size]

MonPro:
Na grammar you dey speak. Carry matchete enter mile 12. If them hausa catch you, shout 'sai baba'.

amiskurie:
Iddo market in Lagos was relocated to mile 12 which was a small settlement with extensive land.

...so it not immune to development.

People from all walks of life lives there,agiliti is an extension of mile 12 like many other suburbs.

Mile 12 has large Hausa populations,even notable ones like ALH Seidu,alh isa and Alh mei-kudi.


....wo I tire o


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Mrfrankojukwu:
Ibos rejoicing everywhere like they won a trophy. Lols

Coldfeet:
I think its the other way round! The boy yunusa is loose(to come all the way to bayelsa to steal a young girl away without her parents consent) while the girl is so ignorant of the dangers involved in what she agreed to!

By the way does it mean that northerners doesn't seek parental approval before they join 2 people together?(if we go by the theory that they eloped) or is there more to it for them to be wedded without the girls family present?

Many girls abound in the north well mannered and untouched! What does he need a "loose" girl from the south for?
If not for ulterior motives the boys parents or family should have sent the girl back immediately or put a call thru to her parents telling them of their daughters location and properly seek for her hand in marriage!!! Abi for north them dey pick wife for road?

I smell a very big lassa infested rat here.
Let's be honest with ourselves please.

If you think the girls parents are irresponsible then I must say the boys parents are stark illiterates.

Kyase:
She even comoth her shoes sef

dammytosh:
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OPCNAIRALAND:
applause to MURIC.

A rights group, the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC), has called on Nigerian authorities to immediately ‎commence the prosecution of Yunusa Yellow, the man who allegedly abducted a teenager from her Bayelsa home, and took her to Kano for underage marriage.

In a statement Tuesday morning by its Executive Director, Ishaq Akintola, MURIC said Yunusa‎’s action ”violated the law and caused a Christian family to go through a traumatic period‎.”

Mr Akintola said the alleged abductor should be charged to court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and then before a Sharia court in Kano if it is proven that he had canal knowledge of the girl.
”Our position is based on the fact that the girl is a minor,” the group said. ”Attempting to marry off the girl without her parent’s permission is not only a breach of common law but also a violation of the Shariah provision on the need for the parents’ approval before nikah (Islamic marriage) can be deemed valid (La nikah bila waliyyin)
”Of particular significance in this regard is the express command in the Glorious Qur’an that women should be married with the permission of their parents. The Qur’an says inter alia, “ …And marry them (i.e. women) with the permission of their parents(Qur’an 4:25).”
The group also said bringing Yunusa to book would ”serve as deterrent since this type of behaviour is capable of igniting anti-Muslim emotion.”

It commended ‎the Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, for his role in the matter, saying he ”displayed immense understanding of the issues at stake and acted like a responsible leader and a knowledgeable Muslim by ordering that the girl should be returned to her family.‎”


Read full statement below.
PRESS RELEASE:
ABDUCTION OF BAYELSA GIRL:
ARREST YUNUSA YELLOW NOW!
The alleged abduction of a Bayelsa girl, Ese Oruru, from Yenagoa to Kano by one Yunusa Yellow, is currently stirring controversy in Nigeria. The girl in the eye of the storm is presently in the protective custody of the Nigeria Police in Kano preparatory to her return to Bayelsa today.
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) commends the role of the Emir of Kano in the Ese Oruru affair. The police have also acted very professionally. Nonetheless, we demand that Yunusa Oruru, the ‘boy friend’ with whom the girl eloped should arrested and prosecuted.
Our position is based on the fact that the girl is a minor. Attempting to marry off the girl without her parent’s permission is not only a breach of common law but also a violation of the Shariah provision on the need for the parents’ approval before nikah (Islamic marriage) can be deemed valid (La nikah bila waliyyin).
Of particular significance in this regard is the express command in the Glorious Qur’an that women should be married with the permission of their parents. The Qur’an says inter alia, “ …And marry them (i.e. women) with the permission of their parents(Qur’an 4:25).
While we are aware that Yunusa Yellow’s intention was marriage inspired by love and not abduction for pecuniary benefits, the position of the law is quite different. Although the two lovers eloped and the girl herself was a consensual participant as confirmed in the audio clip, the girl’s age as a minor gives her parents every right to reclaim her.


But the boyfriend cannot go scot free if it is established that he had had canal knowledge of the girl. In fact, his case is judiciable both before the Kano Shariah court and the Yenagoa court although the latter has the stronger jurisdiction. The girl should be properly examined in the hospital in Kano today before being taken to Yenagoa.
The fact that Yunusa is a Muslim cannot becloud our sense of justice. The Qur’an commands Muslims to “…Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses of Allah, even if the case is against yourselves, or your parents, or your family, and whether it is against a rich or poor man…” (Qur’an 4:135).
MURIC cannot afford to be partisan. A fellow Muslim, Yunusa, has violated the law and caused a Christian family to go through a traumatic period. Unless it can be proved that the girl came to Kano separately and alone, not in the company of Yunusa, the latter stands culpable. He should therefore be handed over to the Yenagoa authorities with immediate effect. This must be done in order to serve as deterrent since this type of behaviour is capable of igniting anti-Muslim emotion.
However, MURIC wishes to make a clear distinction between this case and those involving Muslim families alone, regardless of the age of the girl. The sensationalisation of intra-Muslim marriages to minors is uncalled for and, more often than not, done with hidden malice. What happens among Muslims is strictly a Muslim affair and should remain so as long as it is Shariah-compliant.
The issue of Ese Oruru’s conversion does not even arise. She is deemed to be an adherent of her parents’ religion until she attains maturity. Section 38 (ii) of the Contitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 stresses the right of parents on their children in matters of religion. The purported conversion is therefore null and void and of no consequence whatsoever. Ese Oruru cannot be free to choose her own faith until she is 18.

MURIC is not in any way excited by the girl’s purported conversion for lack of due process. There must be no overzealousness in matters concerning conversion to Islam. Just as Qur’an 2:256 affirms that there must be no compulsion in religion, in the same manner, Muslims must not exhibit excessive enthusiasm to win converts.
The Emir of Kano, His Eminence Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, displayed immense understanding of the issues at stake and acted like a responsible leader and a knowledgeable Muslim by ordering that the girl should be returned to her family.
We are on the same page with the Emir and we believe that the matter should have ended there. As far as we are concerned therefore, the girl is still a Christian. We wish her journey mercies back to Bayelsa.
Professor Ishaq Akintola,
Director,
Muslim Rights Concern