The Emir of Kano, Malam Muhammadu Sanusi II Monday ordered the state Sharia Commission to liaise with office of the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Zone 1 to commence the process of returning the 14-year-old girl, Ese Oruru, who was abducted by one Yunusa of Kura local government area of Kano state from Bayelsa and taken to Kano to be converted to Islam and married off.

Since the incident broke, many Nigerians have stoutly condemned the act as heinous and wicked and a clear breach of the fundamental rights of a minor.

In his first official reaction, the emir of Kano distanced himself, Kano emirate council from the purported abduction of Ese Oruru by suspected lover. Sanusi II said: “I have ordered the sharia commission to liaise with the office of Deputy Inspector General of police zone to repatriate and reconcile the teenager with her family immediately.”

Ese Oruru was allegedly abducted in Opolo, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, by one Yunusa an indigene of Kura Local Government Area of Kano in August, 2015 to the shock of Ese’s mother and family members.