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1. Visit NIMC center: https://touch.nimc.gov.ng/
2. Then click the proceed button
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It will take few seconds to load and then display the status of your Nimc card. If you’ve not yet enroll for it, seize the opportunity to enroll and get yourself a copy. platform where you can check the status of your card if its ready or not.
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1. Visit NIMC center: https://touch.nimc.gov.ng/
2. Then click the proceed button
3. Now, fill in your First name, last name and your Naitional Identification Number and hit the ‘check now button’.
It will take few seconds to load and then display the status of your Nimc card. If you’ve not yet enroll for it, seize the opportunity to enroll and get yourself a copy.
Here is an exclusive interview of Ese Oruru as published by the Sun Newspaper. According to this interview, 14 year old Ese still finds it hard understanding or explaining all that has happened to her, while she confirmed the news making the round that she was converted to Islam, she said their was no marriage ceremony between Yunusa her abductor or any other person. Here is the excerpt.
How did you meet Yinusa?
Ese: We sell food in Bayelsa; so they, Yellow and his other people, used to come and buy food from us.
What does Yinusa do in Bayelsa?
Ese: He came to Bayelsa to look for money.
People say Inuwa is your boyfriend. Is this true?
Ese: No, he is not my boyfriend. Like I told you, we sell food in Bayelsa, and so, he used to come and buy food from us. He is not the only one; they are many and I used to play with all of them like my own brothers because they buy food from us. I sell food to them just like that.
Can you remember the day he took you from Bayelsa to Kano? How did it happen?
Ese: I don’t know.
Did he tell you that you were traveling to Kano?
Ese: No. We didn’t go with his Keke (tricycle). His keke, is at home.
Did he come to the house to carry you?
Ese: No.
So, how did you travel to Kano?
Ese: I just followed him. I don’t know how I followed him.
People believe that you decided to run away with him because you love him and want to marry him at all cost.
Ese: I know that we used to play with all of them, our customers that come to buy food from our shop.
There is nobody that is different. I sell food to all of them and I laugh with all of them.
So, how did you know you were in Kano since you didn’t know how you got there?
Ese: I saw that the place was different and the people there are people that I didn’t know. So, I knew it was his place because I did not know anybody there, but only him. We went to their house first.
So, what did you do?
Ese: I did not do anything.
What did you tell him?
Ese: I did not tell him anything.
So, you just started staying with him like that?
Ese: We travelled to Kura the next day with one man like that. He is the chief of the town. When we got there, they took me to one place and there they gave me hijab; they put it on me. And after that, they took me to one house in Kura. And from there on Monday, in the morning, we went back to the Emir’s Palace in Kano; then in the afternoon, we travelled back to Kura, to stay in the house.
What did you all go to do at the Emir’s Palace?
Ese: At the Emir’s Palace, they were asking him questions. They did not talk to me. They did not ask me anything, but they were asking him. Then they were speaking in Hausa language and I did not understand the language very well that time; so I didn’t understand what they were saying.
Was it at the Emir’s Palace that you first saw your mother?
Ese: Yes. I saw her, but I was not able to talk to her. I was just looking at her and she was crying. I just looked at her. I did not know her and I did not talk to her.
Did you recognize her as your mother?
Ese: I don’t know. I looked at her and she was crying.
But when you saw her on Tuesday at the Police Force Headquarters in Abuja, did you recognize her as your mother?
Ese: Yes.
While you were away in Kano, they said you got married. Is this true?
Ese: No.
Was there any marriage ceremony?
Ese: No, I did not get married to anybody.
But did they convert you to a Muslim?
Ese: Yes.
How did that happen?
Ese: They took me to one place. Before they took me from the house to Kura, they put me in hijab, then we went to Kura. When we got there, they went to one place, and one old man came there and he would say something and they would say I should repeat. Then I would repeat. If the man said something again, they would say I should repeat and I would repeat just like that.
So, that was how you got converted?
Ese: Yes.
There is also this rumour that it was one old man that actually married you and not Inuwa. Is this true?
Ese: I did not get married to anybody.
While you were there in Kano, did you ever fall sick?
Ese: I don’t know.
What kind of medical attention did you get? Did they give you any injection?
Ese: No, I don’t know. But they did not give me because I don’t like taking injections and I will not take injection when I am sick. It was only when they arrested me on Monday in Kano that they took me to the hospital. And when we got here in Abuja, they took me to the hospital again yesterday, Tuesday. Those are the only two occasions that I have gone to the hospital.
Did they give you any medicine?
Ese: Medicine? I don’t know. But if they put it in water or food… They used to give me something, but I don’t know if it is water they used to prepare it. But if I am not well, they would buy medicine for me and I would take. But it was not those types of native medicine. It was from the pharmacy.
Are you happy reuniting with your family?
Ese: Yes, I am happy to go back to my family.
How do you feel now?
Ese: I don’t know how I feel, but I just look calm. I don’t know what to do.
Do you regret what has happened to you?
Ese: Yes.
How?
Ese: I don’t know, but I have caused my mother a lot of trouble and put her into problem.
If you see Yinusa now, what would you tell him?
Ese:I tell you I’m confused. I don’t know what to do (then she started crying).
What were you doing when you were in Kano?
Ese: Nothing.
You mean you just stayed in the house from morning till night?
Ese: Yes. I did not do anything.
I can see that you now speak Hausa language very well.
Ese: Yes. I can speak Hausa very, very well.
Were you speaking Hausa before you left for Kano?
Ese: No.
So, how did you come about it? Did they teach you?
Ese: No. It is because the people there speak only Hausa. They don’t understand English. And when they spoke, I didn’t understand; so I tried and struggled so I could understand what they were saying and communicate with them. That was how I learnt the language.
They call you Aisha. Didn’t you tell them that’s not your name?
Ese: I answered it like that.
What’s your real name?
Ese: Rita.
How would you relate with your other siblings when you get back home?
Ese: I don’t even know. I have a feeling that they would do something to me for this thing that has happened.
Like what?
Ese: I don’t know if my mother will beat me when we get home for what has happened because she may think that I know everything that happened to me.
I don’t think she would do that, considering all the efforts she put to get you back home.
(Then the mother assured her that she would do no such thing, saying she was filled with gladness for seeing her alive).
How old are you? There has been a controversy about your age.
Ese: I am 14 years old.
When were you born?
Ese: I was born in February 2002.
What is your favourite subject in school?
Ese: Mathematics.
And what do you hope to become in future?
Ese: I hope to go back to school and become a nurse in the future.
Your brother said you are a good Christian and member of the Scripture Union in your school and that you used to preach to people. Is this true?
Ese: (Smiles) Yes.
Tell me about it.
Ese: Yes, I am in the SU, but they took it to the senior students and the senior students started misbehaving.
So, we in the junior class took our own to a different level to sanitise the whole thing. We hold our fellowship in our class and go out for evangelism.
What is your advice to young girls like you out there, considering what you have gone through?
Ese: They should be careful.
How?
Ese: They should be careful with the people they play with or talk with, because it’s not everybody that is good.
What is your appeal to your parents since you are afraid they are going to beat you?
Ese: I don’t know what to do. I am confused. I don’t know what really happened to me and I don’t even know where I am. But I know that she is my mother.
What did you miss most while in Kano?
Ese: I missed my mother’s cooking. She used to cook sweet food for me; so I missed good food.
Does it mean you were not eating good food?
Ese: Yes, I was only eating rice and bread.
What would you want your mother to cook for you when you get home?
Ese: Banga soup and starch.
According to the Punch Newspaper, Ese Oruru and her mother, Rose, have finally arrived Bayelsa State from where she was abducted eight months ago.
They had flown from Abuja to Port Harcourt from where they were driven in a police vehicle to Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital.
The 14-year-old and her parents are currently in the Police Officers Mess in Yenagoa, where journalists have been denied entry.
According to the Police a 16-year-old boy who didn't want to go to school got into a fierce argument with his family when he refused to get out of bed and go to school, In the course of the argument, he went to a closet in the house and took out a handgun that no one in the family knew he had and started shooting sporadically.
Fortunately, no one was killed, Police say the boy's grandmother was hit at least twice and his 12-year-old sister and nephew were grazed by gunfire. They are all expected to survive.
The teenager has since been charged with four counts of attempted murder.
A Norwich player Robbie Brady lost two teeth in last night's match after he collided with the forehead of his teammate, Gary O'Neil. The players were both going for an aerial ball and weren't unaware of each others jump for the ball leaving them injured and needing stitches. More photos after the below
While engaging in a debate on Made-In -Nigeria bill at the senate's plenary session earlier today, Senator Dino Melaye pointed out that most Nigerian men prefer marrying "imported ladies" than "made-in-Nigeria" ladies, thereby making reference to the Edo state governor, Adams Oshiomole who is married to Iara, an 'imported' woman from Cape Verde.
The extent some Africans will go to obtain Deliverance seems to be limitless as the South Africa controversial Pastor, Penuel Mnguni who had his church burnt last year for making his church member eat grass and fabrics was captured stepping in his church members who came out for healing and deliverance on 28 of February.
According to the church h post, the Pastor during the course of the service asked those that need healing to come out and sleep on the floor after which he began stepping on the. When asked if the members felf any pain, they answered "No". More pictures below
Looks like abandoning babies is not only a Nigerian or African thing. This cute baby was found abandoned in a cardboard box yesterday, March 1, along Seventh Ring Road, Kuwait.
A team of paramedics accompanied by securitymen was dispatched to the scene when the Operations Room of the Interior Ministry received report about the incident. The baby was confirmed to be in good condition by Paramedics before he was taken him to the hospital for checkup. Police are currently searching for his parents.
Credit: Arab Times
Ese's father, Mr. Charles Oruru, has indicted the Emir of Kano, Mallam Muhammadu Sanusi II, in his daughter’s abduction and prolonged stay in Kano.
Oruru, in an interview with Raypower FM on Tuesday, said Sanusi deserved no credit in the final release of Ese “as he only bowed to pressure from Nigerians”.
It should be recalled that Ese was taken from Opolo, her home town in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, to Kano State by Yunusa, aka Yellow, in August, 2015.
Oruru said:
“The Emir did not play any role there. All security agencies in Yenagoa and in Abuja were also part of those who refused to help.
That is the truth because when we got to Kano, we were told that the Emir had written a letter that the girl should be released on August 26, 2015, and this was not done.
They wanted to keep the girl in Kano, but the pressure was everywhere after the whole world had heard about the matter, so he knew that if he didn’t release the girl, it would lead to a big problem."
The Emir of Kano had since on Monday denied the claim that the girl was in his custody. According to him, he wrote a letter to the AIG in Kano the moment he heard about the case.
The social media went agog on Sunday night with the news of a 13 year old girl who was abducted by a Northerner called Yunusa Yellow and taken to the north to be forcefully converted to Islam. Not just this, their was another twist to the story, perhaps, the annoying one which was the fact that the a year old girl was made to marry her abductor. Now, that is a babaric act you will say, but welcome to Nigeria, a place where anything can happen. The painful thing about this story is not just the abduction of the teenage girl from Kano, but the trauma the unfortunate incidence has made her family go through in order to secure the release of their daughter. According to the father of the girl, Mr Oruru, it was his wife who first travelled down from Bayelsa to Kano last year, but when her efforts proved fruitless, he told had to go to Kano, and obviously, but journeys were fruitless.
There are a some questions begging for answers. What will make a grown man abduct a girl from her home and get married to her without the consent of her parents? Where are the parents or the family members of Yunusa the man in the middle of this atrocities? Should we assume they knew nothing about this or they were glad to allow their kinsman marry a minor without the consent of her parents? Who conducted the Nikah? What is the position of the Quaran on parental consent in marriage?
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While we were still chanting #freeEse, another case of the same nature suffice in the media. It happened that Patience Paul, a 15 year old girl was abducted from her home in Benue State last year by some Northerners and taken to Sokoto, and like Ese, she was converted into Islam and made to marry one of her abductors. According to her brother, Mr Paul Adaji, all efforts to secure the release of his sister has proven abortive.
If we dig further, I am sure we will find many other cases of these nature. Now we have #FreedEse, who will free the rest? A much more disturbing concern is the safety of our young girls even in their own community. Of course, this is a clarion call to parents to be vigilant and take care of their wards, but if we are indeed one Nigeria, will it be proper for a parent to warn their kids not to get close with any hause/Fulani man for any reason? But for the social media war, Ese will still be in Kano married to Yunusa. It is about time be began taking drastic measures against such incidences, it was Ese, it can be your daughter or that innocent girl in your neighbourhood tomorrow.
