Mr Dahiru, 25, who kidnapped Ese from her home and whisked her off to Kano, where he married her and lived within the Emir of Kano's compound, was recently arrested after the outcry the incident caused. Yesterday, the police charged him with criminal abduction, illicit sex, sexual exploitation and unlawful carnal knowledge.
In the charge sheet with numbered FHC/YNG/17c/2016, special police prosecutor Kenneth Dika, stated that Yunusa Dahiru, a male resident in Opolo-Eipie area of Yenagoa in Bayelsa State conspired with Dankano Mohammed and Mallam Al-Hassan, who are at large, between August 2015 and February, 2016 to commit the offence of abduction punishable under section 27(a) of the trafficking in persons (prohibition) enforcement and administration Act, 2015. According to the police, Yunusa abducted Ese by means of coercion, then transported and harboured her in Kano State, thereby committing an offence punishable under section 13(2)(b) of the Trafficking in Persons prohibition Enforcement and Administration Act, 2015.
Yunusa, popularly known as Yellow, who was paraded in court amidst tight security pleaded not guilty to the charges read to him in pidgin English. Attempts by a police interpreter to translate the charges into the Hausa language was rebuffed by the presiding judge, Justice H A Nganjiwa.
Justice Nganjiwa, after hearing from police lawyer, Kenneth Dika and lawyer to the accused, Kayode Olaosebikan on the agreed adjournment date of March, 14 said the priority of the court is the hearing of the case and other motions that may be filed by the lawyers. He subsequently ruled that the accused be remanded in police custody until the adjourned date.
Mr Olaosebikan, Yunusa's lawyer, described the case as that of two love birds who decided to elope. He added that he and his team have applied for bail and the court will rule on it at the adjourned date.
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