Yunusa Dahiru, the 18-year old who was today arraigned in a federal high court in Bayelsa State for the abduction and rape of 14-year old Ese Oruru, said that it was the girl who insisted that she would follow him to Kano.
He also said that her mother, Mrs. Rose Oruru was fully aware of the love affair between them and that the two of them were sleeping together while he was in Bayelsa.
Yunusa told The Sun newspaper in the court premises that Mrs. Rose Oruru was also aware that he was leaving for Kano with Ese, but that the girl’s father did not know.
He accepted responsibility for Ese’s pregnancy, which he said was only disclosed to him by the police.
Asked why he had taken the young girl to Kano, he said she was the one who wanted to go with him, saying she loved him.
Of their intimacy, she told the reporter that it took place in Bayelsa and that Mrs. Oruru knew about it.
Yunusa, who is charged with abduction, illicit sex and unlawful carnal knowledge of a minor, said he was counting on God to vindicate him. [myad]
