INUSA YELLOW GOES TO PRISON
INUSA YELLOW GOES TO PRISON
By:
Nurudeen Dauda
May 22, 2020
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To begin with, some "sections" of the media who are supposed to be professional in handling national issues are sometimes responsible for fuelling divisive tendencies in the country due to their inappropriate reportage .
The tribe or religion and or region of an alleged criminal should not be used to "judge" his entire tribe or religion and or region. A criminal act should and or must be treated as such whether committed by a muslim or a christan or a northerner or a southerner or a Hausaman or a Yoruba man and or an Igboman.
No one chooses to be born as Hausa or Fulani or Yoruba or Igbo or Bajju, or Kadara and or Kagoma etc. No one chooses to be born as a northerner and or a southerner.
It was quite unfortunate that when the issue of Miss Ese Oruru an indigene of Delta state who then resided in Bayelsa state and her lover Inusa Dahiru (alias "Yellow" ) an indigene of Kano state who was then a tricycle operator in Bayelsa state eloped to Kano and got married to each other in 2016 instead of the then his alleged crime to be reported as a "crime" by an individual his religion , tribe and region were entirely condemned by some people, including some "sections" of the media.
Inusa Yellow who was said to be 22 year old then and his lover Miss Oruru who was said to be 14 year old "eloped" to Kano state where she changed her faith in order to marry her lover. The issue then was given a toga of abduction, forced marriage and Islamization agenda by some politicians and ethnic entrepreneurs using some sections of the media.
If truth be told, in the Nigeria of today, we are all guilty of ethno-religious “sentiment". What even baffles me the most, is the fact that, even the educated ones among us are as guilty as the so-called uneducated ones among us.
However, when the issue of the abduction of"nine kids"of Kano state origin which were kidnapped, sold off and later converted to a different faith from theirs in Onitsha, Anambra state came up in 2019 some people try to give it tribal, religious, and or regional agenda as did during the Inusa Yellow's case.
The position I held then and still hold uptill now was or is that both issues were and or are alleged act of heinous crimes which were and or are totally condemned. I opined then that both issues must not be swept under the carpet. I held that justice must be properly served to serve as a deterrent to the would be offenders .There must be Justice for both the issues as criminal acts.
However, now that Inusa Yellow has been convicted at the first court of instance after four years of battle, he has the chance to appeal the judgement if he so wishes. For sure some people most have followed the case against him patiently to get him convicted after four years .Those who want justice for Kano kids must be committed and patient in order to get justice to the kids .
Some sections of media in the country must be patriotic enough in discharging their duties being the watchdog of the society . The media should and or must be responsible in reporting ethno-religious issues .The Industry must get rid of its tiny unpatriotic practitioners.
"Sensational" or "Junk" or "gonzo" Journalism does not do anybody any good. Criminals must be treated as criminals regardless of their religion or region and or tribe.
May God bless Nigeria!