Mrs. Rose Oruru, the mother of Ese Oruru, who gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday at the Government House Clinic in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, has said God forbids if she allows Yunusa Dahiru to see her grandchild, describing him as a bastard and an armed robber.
Speaking to Saturday Telegraph on the telephone yesterday, Mrs. Oruru wondered who gave Yunusa a wife that he now has the right to see the baby. “What kind of question is that? Who gave Yunusa a wife that he has to come and see the baby?
Yunusa is like an armed robber who raped my child. Why should you ask me that kind of question? You are a woman, you know how it is. I and Yunusa don’t have any thing together let alone having access to the baby,’’ Ese’s mother Oruru fumed when asked if Yunusa would be allowed to see his baby.
Also, the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Asinim Boswat, said the police were no longer holding Ese’s family, adding that although they were still under police protective custody, they were free to go any time they wanted to. He said any day they desire to go, they would be allowed to leave.
Asinim said Yunusa could not see the baby since he is in prison custody. Ese was allegedly abducted by Yunusa, who took her to Kano State and forcefully married her after converting her to Islam. Ese was, however, brought back to Yenagoa, following publiwc outcry while Yunusa was arrested and brought to Yenagoa to face trial for his offence.Yunusa has, however, not been able to meet his bail conditions.
Meanwhile, over 100 girls from different parts of Borno State are to be given fresh scholarship to pursue degree programmes in various disciplines at Ahfad University for Women, which is the longest serving private University in Sudan. It has been in existence since the last 50 years in Khartoum, capital of Sudan.
Spokesman for Governor Kashim Shettima, Isa Gusau, said in a statement yesterday that the scholarship followed an agreement reached between Shettima and President of the university, Prof. Gasim Badri. It would be recalled that Shettima had led a delegation to the school in Khartoum, on Thursday with demands for slots for female citizens of the state.
The university, which belongs to a family with a generation of scholars in Sudan, is a non – profit institution, which has been awarding scholarships to female citizens of over 20 countries, the state said. Gusau explained that after persuasions by Shettima, highlighting challenges faced by the state as a result of the negative impacts of the Boko Haram insurgency, which has adversely affected the educational sector, both parties agreed that 100 female citizens of Borno State are to be admitted into the school in the next academic session on 50-50 scholarship basis.
On his part, Badri announced the award of scholarship to 50 female citizens of the state to pursue different degree courses while Shettima announced that the state government will sponsor another 50 women to pursue degrees in medicine at the university.
