I've been uncomfortably silent on a matter I should never be just because I was hoping that some people will be decent enough do the right thing nay speak the truth for once and atleast redeem their souls from the tenebrific grip of pathetic partisanship but they have not surprised me by disappointing that hope. They rather choose to without shame or conscience to take the back seat when indeed they should be the ones revving the wheel of justice for the sake of humanity!
My point is simple: So, a teenage girl by name Ese Oruru is allegedly abducted from her family in Bayelsa and taken to Kano, the Emir's Palace precisely where she is allegedly forced into Islam and marriage to the Emir "allegedly" and the security agencies in this country who raided the Akwa Ibom state government house four months ago for no just cause and recently raided uyo attempting to capture a public servant in the state are for days now finding it difficult to carry out same sting operation as a matter of exigency? According to them, the Emir's pilgrimage is what is stopping them from searching the Emir's palace. Obviously, this is not a matter of national security as far as they are concerned but I beg to differ. It is indeed a serious matter of national security. By the time the people of Bayelsa and by extension South-South begin to take it seriously that the lives and safety of their children is not an issue of concern for the federal government the on going movement for the actualization of the sovereign state of Biafra will be child's play compared to what some rascals from Niger-Delta will steal the opportunity to do.
For me, I've hoped deep down in my heart that this Ese abduction news were a scam because of its proclivity to brew the unpleasant. But even if it is so it is even the more reason why it should be taken very seriously to nip such mischief in its bud.
On the other hand still, if it is true that little Ese is abducted, indoctrinated and forced into marriage to the Emir will the Emir be prosecuted? This same Emir whose mention in the Dasuki Arms Scandal seem to have tacitly truncated the possibility of a successful prosecution because the Emir cannot be interrogated by the EFCC let alone being subpoenaed.
Emir Sanusi Lamido Sanusi and President Muhamadu Buhari cannot claim not to have heard about this Ese girl while they wined and prayed in Mecca; Not when the inspector General of Police is already giving us flimsy excuses on their behalf; not when some Buhari Fanatics are already defending the Emir with the lame stupidity of probability of obtaining consent from the teenage bride; not when the fanatics are even trying to inflate her age claiming she is 17 when her elder brother is 16. surprisingly my fellow comrades who were against that infamous PDP arithmetic of 16 being greater than 19 have not come out to display their expertise now that it is once more required.
By the way where is the Bring Back Our Girls Group on this? Are we only human rights advocates an political rights activist on election year?
#bringbackESE
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