
Ese Oruru: Court Sentences Abductor, Yinusa Dahiru, to 26 years in prison
- May 21, 2020
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A federal high court sitting in Yenagoa ,the Bayelsa state capital has sentenced Yinusa Dahiru to 26 years imprisonment over abduction , rape and impregnating Ese Oruru .
In 2015, Thirteen-year-old Ese Oruru was abducted, raped and impregnated by Yunusa Dahiru, a man presumably old enough to be her father in Bayelsa state and taken away her to Kano state where she was later rescued in the palace of the Emir of Kano.
Presiding Judge, Justice Jane Inyang acquitted Dahiru on 1st count 1, 5 years on the 2nd count ,7 years on the 3rd count and 7 years on both the 4th and 5th count charges.
She however ruled that judgement will run consecutively.