Friends of Yunusa, the 18yrs old boy that whisked 14yrs old Ese Oruru
away to Kano from Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, have appealed to
the Federal Government to forgive their workmate.Yunusa’s
friends, who were seen around the stall on Michael Street, Opolu, where
they gather before and after everyday’s work, described the action of
their friend from Kano as condemnable.
One of his close friends, Ibrahim Mohammed, who said he was not aware that his friend had planned to elope with Ese, urged government to consider Yunusa’s age (18), warn him and allow him to go.
Mohammed explained that all of them, together with Yunusa, usually bought food from Ese’s mother and had noticed that his friend and Ese were in good terms.
“We always buy food from Ese’s mother and I know that Yunusa and Ese are friends, but I never knew that Yunusa was planning to take her to Kano.
“Everybody has said that what Yunusa did was bad. But government should forgive him. He is just an 18-year-old boy, who did not know how serious the offence is. Please, government should consider his age and forgive him,” Mohammed pleaded.
Similarly, Sani Adamu, who told Punch that he had once worked with Yunusa as a loader, described his friend as an easy-going fellow, adding that nobody would have agreed that he (Yunusa) could kidnap a girl and take her to Kano.
Adamu added that since Yunusa must have learnt a lesson from the entire saga, the best option was for the government and Ese’s parents to pardon him.
Another close ally to Yunusa, Mohammed Zakari, said there was no way he would commit the same crime like his friend - Yunusa - because he already had a wife.
One of his close friends, Ibrahim Mohammed, who said he was not aware that his friend had planned to elope with Ese, urged government to consider Yunusa’s age (18), warn him and allow him to go.
Mohammed explained that all of them, together with Yunusa, usually bought food from Ese’s mother and had noticed that his friend and Ese were in good terms.
“We always buy food from Ese’s mother and I know that Yunusa and Ese are friends, but I never knew that Yunusa was planning to take her to Kano.
“Everybody has said that what Yunusa did was bad. But government should forgive him. He is just an 18-year-old boy, who did not know how serious the offence is. Please, government should consider his age and forgive him,” Mohammed pleaded.
Similarly, Sani Adamu, who told Punch that he had once worked with Yunusa as a loader, described his friend as an easy-going fellow, adding that nobody would have agreed that he (Yunusa) could kidnap a girl and take her to Kano.
Adamu added that since Yunusa must have learnt a lesson from the entire saga, the best option was for the government and Ese’s parents to pardon him.
Another close ally to Yunusa, Mohammed Zakari, said there was no way he would commit the same crime like his friend - Yunusa - because he already had a wife.
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