Ese Oruru: Emir of Kano and those distorting the narrative,
by Femi Fani-Kayode
On March 2, 20169:45 am In Politics,
Trending, Viewpoint1 Comment 788 Shares 41951 All those that are attempting to
distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we
commit them to God’s judgment. The facts are as follows. She is 14 years old
and not 18 and she was abducted from her home. She did not leave her home
freely or of her own volition. She was cruelly and wickedly carried away and
stolen from her parents, family and loved ones and forcefully taken by complete
strangers to a distant land. This was a land that she had never seen or been
before and which was on the other side of the country. Ese-Oruru Ese-Oruru The
truth is that this is not a love story about two inseparable young people: it
is rather a sad and tragic tale about pedophilia, child abduction, kidnapping,
human trafficking, slavery, rape, impunity, wickedness, religious bigotry and
ritual sex. Worse still it is an unfolding drama at the end of which Emir
Sanusi Lamido may well have a case to answer. The truth is that that little
girl would have been raped over and over again and she may well have Acquired
Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Vesicovaginal fistula (VVF) or some other strange
sexual disease by now. She may also be pregnant. Instead of sympathizing with
her and considering the fact that she may never be the same again in view of
the physical and mental torture and trauma that she has been subjected to over
the last few months, some misguided souls and shameless commentators have the
temerity to come to social media and say that she was old enough to “get it”
whilst others say that she ”loved it” and ”wanted it”. I am utterly disgusted
and appalled by these sentiments. Where is the humanity of those that speak and
think like this? Where is their compassion and where is their soul? May God
judge them and may their own infant daughters be abducted, forcefully
Islamised, raped, enslaved and kept against their will as a sex slave in an
Emir’s palace in the same way that Ese was. Meanwhile I just watched an AIT
video in which Ese’s mother claimed that her daughters abductors said that it
was the Emir of Kano himself that ordered her daughters abduction and that she
was kept in his palace for over one year for his pleasure. If this is true it
confirms the suspicion that the Emir is culpable. Again if what she has said is
true it also proves that the Emir is not only a practicing pedophile but also a
very sick man who must be held accountable. It is important that Emir Sanusi
clears the air and tells us precisely what he did with this little girl
otherwise we are entitled to assume the worse and believe what Ese’s mother has
told us. Quite apart from that we are compelled to ask whether this sort of
thing has happened before and how widespread it is? How many other little girls
have been stolen from their homes and forced to join harems all over the
nation? The famous high society blogger and respected celebrity Miss Linda
Ikeji has just exposed yet another case. This time it is a young 17 year old Christian
girl, by the name of Miss Patience Paul, who has been abducted from her home,
parents and loved ones in Benue state, forcefully taken to Sokoto, locked up in
the Sultan’s palace and kept there against her will. The same thing happened to
a 13 year old christian igbo girl by the name of Miss Charity Uzoechina two
years ago when she was abducted, islamised, raped, married off and forced to
remain in the Etsu Nupe’s palace in Minna, Niger state. This was despite the
fact that her parents went to the police and authorities and made every effort
to get her back. Sadly up till today they have never seen her again. Evidently
we live in a strange country where evil is swept under the carpet and often
justified. We live in a country where those that expose such abominations and
speak truth are demonized, hated, despised and, more often than not, threatened
with violence, persecution, intimidation, arrest, spurious criminal
investigations and baseless civil court actions. More often than not this is
the price for speaking truth and exposing the evil in Nigeria. There is clearly
a conspiracy of silence about the perpetuation of evil in this country amongst
the ruling elite. The feeling is that anyone can get away with anything
providing they belong to a particular circle and class and providing they have
money and power. And it is because they have money and power and they have
powerful friends in government and in the political class that they feel that
they can kill, silence, crush, abduct, cripple, ruin, sue and jail anybody that
tests their will and crosses their path or that exposes the truth about their
blood-chilling and perverse ways. That is the reality of Nigeria and it is a
sad and sorry one. All I can say is thank God for the media and particularly
for the Punch newspaper that started the ball rolling last Sunday. If not for
their cover story about Ese with all those pictures on their front page the
little girl would not be free and on her way home to her family today. Instead
she would have still been in slavery and captivity at the Emir of Kano’s
palace. We should also thank the Nation newspaper particularly for their timely
editorial on this issue which was published on 1st March and which raised some
pertinent questions and offered wise counsel about the way forward. The Punch,
the Nation, AIT, Channels, Tribune, the Sun, Vanguard, Thisday and all the
other newspaper titles and television stations in the Nigerian media and social
media has done what no-one else or no other group could do. Not even the
Federal Government, the various state governments, the political parties, the
politicians, the security agencies, the lawyers or the so-called human rights
groups could do what they managed to do or achieve what they have achieved.
They have helped to secure the freedom of a helpless and defenseless little
girl from slavery, torment, humiliation, destruction, death, disease and
bondage and they have brought her home safely to her parents. We need more of
this. Kudos to them and God bless them all. And may God damn and shame those
that chose to remain silent and look the other way.
Culled from
Vanguard………………
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