Following his daughter’s reluctance to go back to their home in Opolo, Bayelsa State, Charles Oruru, the father of Ese Oruru, who was abducted and taken to Kano by a man identified simply has Yunusa, said he would be seeking spiritual help from Pastor TB Joshua, the General Overseer of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN).
Ese Oruru was abducted by Yunusa, who is nicknamed Yellow, in August 2015 and taken to Kano, where he converted her to Islam and married her.
At the time she was abducted, she was 13 years old.
After the police secured her release on Tuesday, Ese reportedly said she did not want to go back to her parents home.
But Charles Oruru said her refusal to come back home was because she had been hypnotised by her abductors.
Reacting to the revelation, the girl’s father said: “We have decided to visit the T. B. Joshua for prayers and thanksgiving. When I heard that she is declining to come home, I see this as a spiritual problem that can only be countered by prayer.”
However, many Nigerians, who have been keenly watching the situation since the news broke late last week, have conflicting views on the need to seek spiritual help.
Read their views below…
It's this kind of ignorance that led to he and his wife not seeing the signs until Yinusa abducted Ese in the first place.
TB Joshua? FFS
— : (@ItsOluwaTweezy) March 2, 2016
its a good thing ese oruru's father choose to take her to TB joshua..because this ese am looking at will runaway from rehab.
— LEVELS (@ade_adeayo) March 2, 2016
Ese's dad wants to take her to TB Joshua??? Geh rah rah heere nigger!
holla!
— Izang Marcus (@Izangs_Marcus) March 2, 2016
Shielding Ese from unnecessary press attention is key now, she's still a minor and has a long future ahead..TB joshua isn't the next step!!
— Los 🐳 (@Chris_Los21) March 2, 2016
Going to TB Joshua I think Ese parents are more hypnotized than her…. Please give that girl good food to eat her eye fo clear.
— Margaret Asukwo (@MargaretAsukwo1) March 2, 2016
Do you think Ese's father has done the right thing a father could do ? https://t.co/Kp99uBAlyc
— thebroadwaytv (@thebroadwaytv) March 2, 2016
So Ese Oruru seeks the next flight to TB Joshua. Who advices these parents ?
— Prof. Epum Michael (@MichaelEpum) March 2, 2016
From Yinusa to TB Joshua
Lord pls help Ese 👏👏👏
— OSINACHI 👳🏿 (@BITO_WALE) March 2, 2016
TB Joshua will get to do his own on her too. I feel bad for Ese already.
— Andung (@Attahpeter) March 2, 2016
I don't understand why Ese would be taken to TB Joshua sef. You have your daughter back, celebrate it. I dunno why some 9ja parents do dis 😖
— 𝔄𝔩𝔞𝔶𝔰𝔞 ℜ𝔲𝔪𝔲𝔬𝔪𝔞𝔰𝔦 (@AlaysaAbdul) March 2, 2016
The problem with criticising TB Joshua is the more you do the more popular he becomes..
Congrats Ese
— Petuk Ekpedeme (@Petukjr) March 2, 2016
Can't fault her parents on going to TB joshua. After all, Religion/ Prayers is believed to be the remedy to all the problems of the country.
— Los 🐳 (@Chris_Los21) March 2, 2016
After several months away with a strange overaged man, you get your little girl back and you say you want to take her to TB Joshua.
— : (@ItsOluwaTweezy) March 2, 2016
Omo naim be say Ese go watch her screen tire for TB Joshua synagogue
— Cuba Morgan (@CubaMorgan) March 2, 2016
When you seek God tru a Man, you doubt not only His kingdom but ur own existence .."TB Joshua"
— Uncle Akinola Akintunde (@malahkhai) March 2, 2016