Ese’s Abductor Yunusa Granted Bail

The alleged abductor of Ese Oruru, Yinusa Dahiru, aka Yellow has been granted bail for N3 million by the Federal High Court sitting in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state on Monday, March 21. This was revealed by KHAN Initiative, a non-governmental organisation, which started the campaign for the freedom of Ese from her abductor.

According to a post by the organisation on Twitter and Facebook, Yunusa was granted bail with two surities.

The sureties, according to the judge must be resident within the jurisdiction of the court while one must be a civil servant of not less that level 12 while the second must be a title holder. Justice H. A. Nganjiwa, while ruling on the bail application, said the suspect should be remanded in prison custody pending the perfection of his bail conditions.

Yinusa Dahiru was on March 8, charged with abduction, kidnapping, unlawful carnal knowledge and sexual exploitation by the police. He pleaded not guilty to the charges. His counsel, Kayode Olaoshebikan, thanked the court for granting bail to the accused, promising to work to meet the bail conditions.

Justice Nganjiwa adjourned the case till April 19 for ruling on the application of the prosecution to obtain the evidence of Ese.