Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on
New Media, has recanted comments where he promised a Twitter user
that he would intervene in changing the conviction of a child
trafficker and rapist.
The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, had sentenced
Yunusa Dahiru (AKA Yellow), to 26 years imprisonment for child
trafficking and sexual exploitation of Ese Oruru.
Oruru was reportedly abducted by Dahiru in Bayelsa in 2015,
taken to Kano State where she was allegedly forcefully married and
impregnated by Dahiru.
A Twitter user Hammad Yusuf Saleh @al_ansariy had asked the
presidential aide to intervene in upturning the conviction by the
court which he says was manipulated.
In response, Ahmad promised to meet the right persons that can
intervene in the matter.
After his comments generated public backlash, Ahmad claimed he
commented on the matter without knowing or understanding the
details.
He said, “I commented on the Yunusa Yellow saga earlier without
knowing and understanding the details of the case.
“Eloping or rather kidnapping a minor and forcing her to marry
you shouldn’t be taken lightly. A condemnable act!.”
Bashir Ahmad, Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on
New Media, has recanted comments where he promised a Twitter user
that he would intervene in changing the conviction of a child
trafficker and rapist.
The Federal High Court in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, had sentenced
Yunusa Dahiru (AKA Yellow), to 26 years imprisonment for child
trafficking and sexual exploitation of Ese Oruru.
Oruru was reportedly abducted by Dahiru in Bayelsa in 2015,
taken to Kano State where she was allegedly forcefully married and
impregnated by Dahiru.
A Twitter user Hammad Yusuf Saleh @al_ansariy had asked the
presidential aide to intervene in upturning the conviction by the
court which he says was manipulated.
In response, Ahmad promised to meet the right persons that can
intervene in the matter.
After his comments generated public backlash, Ahmad claimed he
commented on the matter without knowing or understanding the
details.
He said, “I commented on the Yunusa Yellow saga earlier without
knowing and understanding the details of the case.
“Eloping or rather kidnapping a minor and forcing her to marry
you shouldn’t be taken lightly. A condemnable act!.”