Ese Oruru’s siblings have expressed their relief and joy in reuniting with their sister. They told our correspondent that she has been in a joyous mood while also enjoying some of her favourite songs, particularly those of popular artist, Olamide.
Her siblings could not contain their excitement when our correspondent visited their home on Saturday.
Ese liked to play new tracks on their mobile phones, which she had missed during the seven months she was abducted in Kano. On one of the days her siblings visited, she repeatedly played a recent popular song by Olamide. It was a song of celebration
She listened to Olamide’s song throughout when we visited her.”
The eldest, Patricia, in her early 20s, told our correspondent that she kept on jumping for joy when she finally heard her sister’s voice on the telephone last Tuesday.
“I cannot sleep again, I am so excited!’ Sixteen-year-old Onome told our correspondent.
Faith, 18, said she was very happy too. Her voice seemed hoarse from shouting for joy.
Ese’s sisters were a bit more guarded about their first conversations with her at the Police Officers’ Mess, in Yenagoa, where she has been staying since her return to Bayelsa. But they said it was a joyous reunion and that Ese was obviously happy to see them again.
One of Ese’s siblings had noted earlier that she did not say much during the very first conversation but as the days went by, she has ‘come out’ and become the Ese that they used to know.’
The youngest among Ese’s siblings, 11-year-old Lucky, said, “I was so happy to see her and I gave her a big hug. She told me she had missed me.
“I told her too that I have missed her very much, I had no one to play with then when I was lonely, because my other siblings don’t always have the time to play with me as much as Ese does. I am very close to her, so both of us used to play the games I liked, like paper games, biro games and some other kid games.”
Onome said he was relieved and excited to see his immediate younger sister again. ‘I did not want to ask her too many questions about the issue, I was just so happy to see her,”
“Please, PUNCH, do not stop here, please follow it to the end; ensure that Yunusa, Dan Kano and all those involved in my sister’s abduction are brought to justice,” Patricia told our correspondent.
Meanwhile, Ese’s mother has said no one persuaded the teenager to stop wearing the hijab she had worn during her abduction in Kano State for seven months.
Our correspondent gathered that Ese removed the hijab after the first meeting with her mum.
“It was Ese that personally removed the hijab she was wearing in Abuja; she said she did not want to wear it anymore. I was not the one who persuaded her to remove it,” Ese’s mother told our correspondent on Friday.
Hijab is a head covering worn in public by some Muslim women.
The Executive Director of the non-governmental organisation, KHAN initiatives, Mr. Kizito Andah, who had taken up Ese’s case, said after her release, he advised the teenager’s parents that she should be obliged if she wanted to keep on wearing the hijab.
“Obviously, it was Ese’s decision to stop wearing the hijab,” Andah told our correspondent in a separate interview.
During the Orurus’ meeting with the Bayelsa State Governor, Seriake Dickson, on Thursday at the Government House, the teenager was wearing a face cap, a green sweater and light blue jeans.
Earlier on Thursday, the Orurus had again prepared popular Urhobo delicacy – starch and banga soup – for Ese, the first meal she had requested for when she was released and taken to Abuja.
The teenager was released this week following a massive campaign by PUNCH, which generated national outrage and forced the authorities to ensure she was reunited with her family.
The mother, while noting that her teenage daughter was still traumatised by her ordeal in Kano, said she is gradually getting better.
“I am just happy I can be with my daughter again. Buying her new clothes was the least I could do for her. She is gradually becoming her normal self again, the Ese that I know. I just want my daughter to get better,” she said.
Ese’s father, Mr. Charles Oruru, also echoed the same. He said, “She was in a strange place and did not know anyone there. She only recognised Yunusa as one of the people who used to buy food from her mother’s shop. I thank God she is back home with us now. Our main concern is our daughter’s health,” he told our correspondent.
Since her arrival from Abuja on Wednesday, Ese has been in the custody of Bayelsa State Police at the Police Officers Mess, Yenagoa
Source: [PunchNG]
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