“There were six other witnesses we needed to have called in this matter, two of them are resident here, four of them in Kano, but none of them was available.”
The presiding Justice Jane Inyang sentenced Dahiru to 26 years imprisonment in the judgment she delivered yesterday. Dahiru abducted Oruru from her family house at Opolo area of Yenagoa on August 12, 2015 and took her to his home state, Kano, where he forcibly converted her into Islam.
He was also accused of abducting Oruru by means of coercion, transported and harboured her in Kano State and thereby committed an offence punishable under section 13 of the Trafficking in Persons Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015. He had pleaded not guilty to the charges which were read to him in pidgin English and on March 21, the first trial judge, Justice Aliya Nganjiwa, granted him bail in the sum of N3million with two sureties in like sum.
He said: “Though I’m not comfortable with the part of the judgment that said the sentence should run consecutively, we had some challenges during the course of trial. The Ese Oruru saga got the world attention after the deposed Emir of Kano, Sanusi Lamido, got enmeshed in her abduction and detention after findings showed that the minor was forcibly married and hidden in his palace.
Oruru’s rescue eventually materialized after the matter was massively launched into the public space by the media, forcing the then Emir Sanusi to order the Sharia Council to release her.
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