NEWS during an exclusive interview on her daughter's
abduction and subsequent rescue.
When asked about her trip to Kano, she said, "When we
arrived Kano, I had to spend the night in the house of the
boy that took me there, because we arrived very late in the
night at past 12 midnight. The next day, we proceeded on
the search for Ese.
"Before we arrived Kano, I had received a call from my
daughter, asking me where we were and I told her we were
close to Abuja. She advised me to stop at Abuja and spend
the night with my sister, as according to her, they would kill
me if I came to Kano that night. She said they had taken
her photograph and converted her to Islam and wore her the
hijab because the emir, Sanusi, promised them that anybody
that brought a Christian girl from another state and
converted her to Islam would be rewarded with money, given
a house, jeep and earn a salary, among other goodies. She
said all the people were celebrating with Yinusa. Still on our
way, the man who was taking me to Kano got a call and told
me it was Yinusa, but that I should not mind him.
"In Kano, in the morning, I asked him to take me to the
parent of Yellow, but he said we would first go to the house
of the chief and that when we get there the chief would
hand over my daughter and we would leave Kano the next
day. When we got to the chief's house, the boy narrated why
he came with me and the chief was so angry and started
abusing him. I knew he was abusing him because he spoke
little English and Hausa. At that point, I got on my knees and
pleaded with him to help me because my husband had driven
me out of the house, asking me never to come back until I
produced his daughter.
He called me useless woman and asked which child did I
keep here, that my child has been converted to Islam and I
will never see her again".
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