Nigeria
2015 Ese Oruru abduction: Dahiru aka yellow gets 26 year sentence
A Federal High Court in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa state capital, has sentenced Yinusa Dahiru to 26 years in prison.
The court found him guilty of child trafficking and other charges.
How it all began:
Ese Oruru was taken from her home in Bayelsa on August 12, 2015 by Dahiru to Kano where she was married to him and her name changed to Aisha, having been converted to Islam.
After months of outcry from her parents and human rights activists as well as investigations by the police, she was returned to Bayelsa in March 2016, pregnant with a child.
On May 26, 2016, Ese was delivered of a baby girl.
Dahiru was later charged with child trafficking, child abuse, rape, kidnap, infringement on the right to religion, and holding a person against her will.
During his appearance in court, he pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
A lawyer in the defense counsel’s team said they believed it was ‘a typical case of Romeo and Juliet,’ adding that they do not believe that Ese was 13 years old.
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