ESE-ORUSU1According to reports, the mother of 14-year-old Ese Oruru has finally reunited with her daughter in Abuja.
The Tuesday reunion came almost eight months after her abduction from Bayelsa to Kano State by Yunusa, aka Yellow, a regular customer at her mother’s food stall, in August last year.
In an exclusive chat with PUNCH correspondent, Ese sounded happy on the telephone.
She said, “Hello,” and laughed when their correspondent spoke to her.
“How are you?”  She laughed and replied ‘Fine.”
“We are glad you are safe and on your way back home.”
“Who is this,” she asked.
“How was your journey?”
“We have not started the journey, maybe tomorrow,” she said, probably referring to the onward trip to Bayelsa.
“Hope they treated you well and you are fine?”
“I am not fine,” she said curtly.
“Why?”
She replied, “When I come we should see. I don’t know you.”
“I will be looking forward to meeting you,” the correspondent replied.
We can’t wait to see our sister
The family of Ese Oruru have expressed their joy over the release of the girl to the police.

Ese’s release came after PUNCH inaugurated a campaign, ‘Free Ese’ on Sunday, which sparked nationwide outrage and forced the authorities to take action on securing the minor’s release from Yunusa in Kano.
Ese’s father also said he was earnestly waiting to set his eyes on his daughter.
He said, “These last eight months have not been easy for us. Through the help of family members and friends, we were able to raise money to travel to Kano to get her released, but nothing came out of it.
“Now we are happy. The money is not important. I am jobless for now, but I am so happy that my daughter is alive and coming back home.”
Ese’s siblings were equally ecstatic about her release.
One of them, Faith, who will be 19 next week, could not hide her joy as she spoke.
“I am very happy that she has been released. I can’t wait to see her. I have missed her funny smiles. She is very playful. I also missed her dancing; she likes to dance whenever she hears the sound of good music.”
Ese’s immediate elder brother, 16-year-old Onome, said they were planning to welcome her in a big way with her favourite food.
He said, “There will be music and lots of dancing. We are so relieved.
“We haven’t started preparing anything yet since we don’t really know when Ese and mum would be back. But we have so many plans, we just can’t wait.”
Patricia, the eldest, in her 20s, said she was keeping her emotions in check for now because of previous unfulfilled promises about Ese’s release.
“I don’t have any feelings yet until I touch my sister. I don’t have any plan yet until my mum calls me and tells me she has seen her daughter,” she said.