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NSCDC Uncover Another Rehab In Zaria

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5 years ago

Oct 22, 2019.

– NSCDC uncover another rehabilitation centre in Zaria, Kaduna state where people are subjected to torture
– We busted two of the centres, Limanchi corner and Marmara centres all in Zaria and evacuated 11 inmates ranging from 11-40 years from the two centres
– He said that operators of the centre, five of whom have been arrested alongside the victims, will be handed over to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Development for necessary actions and prosecution

Barely 72 hours after Governor Nasir El-Rufai led a raid on a similar centre in Rigasa, Kaduna,Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) uncovered the centre christened Malam Aliyu Mai Adakan Salatul Fatih.
Parading the suspects operating the centre, the Deputy Commandant of NSCDC Kaduna Command, Mr. Nnegha Aloysious Onyema,said that three inmates had died at the centre following unbearable tortured and 11 inmates, some chained in legs and hands, were rescued following a tip off.
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“We busted two of the centres, Limanchi corner and Marmara centres all in Zaria and evacuated 11 inmates ranging from 11-40 years from the two centres while one other centre had released their inmates following information that other centres has been busted but we arrested the operator,” he stated.
He said that operators of the centre, five of whom have been arrested alongside the victims, will be handed over to the Ministry of Human Services and Social Development for necessary actions and prosecution.
Kaduna Deputy Governor, Dr. Hadiza Balarebe, who arrived the headquarters of the NSCDC in company of the Commissioners for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Mr. Samuel Aruwan and his Human Services and Social development counterpart, Hajia Hafsat Baba condemned the inhuman treatment of the inmates.
She said that the Government will take necessary actions against the operators while the victims will be provided necessary medical care before handing them over to their parents.
She however, urged parents to desist from taking their wards to such centres, threatening they would also be made to face the full wrath of the law.
One of the victim, Abdullahi Aliyu Ishola, 30, from Osun state said, a family member just took him there.
He said that all of a sudden he was chained in his legs and hands and ever since then subjected to all manners of inhuman treatment, including regular beating and starvation.
Ishola, who claimed to be a National Diploma holder of Mass Communication from Iree Polytechnic in Osun State, thanked God that they were finally rescued.