Hafsat Baba, Kaduna state
commissioner for human services and social development, says the inmates of a
religious rehabilitation centre in the state were in chains for eight years.
The police raided the religious
rehabilitation centre located at Kwanar Gurguwa in Igabi local government area
of the state on Saturday and set 147 inmates free.
Among those rescued were 22
females and four foreigners while the owner of the facility, popularly known as
Malam Niga’s Rehabilitation Centre, was arrested.
Baba said the inmates were
tortured, and were in chains. She said it took the service of a welder to
remove the fetters from their legs.
“They have been under torture.
They were all in chains. We have to call a welder to remove the chains in their
legs. Some of them have been in chains for eight years. They just removed the
chains this afternoon,” she said.
She said inmates with mental
issues have been transferred to the federal neuro-psychiatric hospital in the
state for treatment.
Tony Ojukwu, executive secretary
of National Human Rights Commission, directed its state coordinators in the
north-west to investigate activities of illegal detention centres, as well as
the case of abducted children in Kano.
Three weeks ago, the police
raided a religious centre at Rigasa, in Kaduna, rescuing at least 300 victims.
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