Miss Ese Oruru, the minor who was allegedly abducted and forcefully converted to Islam and married off in Kano by one Yunusa Dahiru, appeared at the Federal High Court, Yenagoa on Friday, where she testified in secret.
At the resumed hearing at the FHC sitting in Yenagoa, her parents and journalists were not allowed to witness the court’s proceedings.
Ese, who was brought to the court under tight security, appeared in a hooded top along with a brown scarf to hide her face.
She was hurriedly ushered into the courtroom while policemen prevented journalists from taking her pictures.
But a source in the police, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said she was briefly cross-examined by the defence counsel led by Kayode Olaosebekan, before Justice A. Nganjiwa adjourned the matter till Friday, February 8, for further private hearing.
Meanwhile, indication has emerged that Dahiru, alias Yellow, who was still in prison custody, might get bail on Monday.
His lawyer, Olaosebekan, said that the processes to perfect his bail condition had reached an advanced stage.
Olaosebekan said, “We are still working on the bail and we are trying to perfect the bail conditions.
“The court is in the process of verifying sureties and we hope that by next week Monday, Dahiru will be out.”
Yunusa had remained in prison custody due to his inability to meet his bail conditions, which include providing two sureties in like sum, who were to be a Level 12 civil servant and a traditional ruler from Bayelsa State area as sureties.
However, Nganjiwa had later relaxed the bail condition to a Level nine civil servant, and further granted the prayer of the defendant to also allow a Hausa traditional ruler from any community to stand as surety.
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