Police Confirms The Arrest Of A Kano Man Who Locked 30-Year-Old Son In Car Garage For 7 Years

Kano State Police confirmed the arrest of a Kano man who locked 30-year-old son in car garage for 7 years at Farawa Baban Layi Mariri quarters, Kumbotso local government area of Kano metropolis.

Ekohotblog had earlier reported the news of the young man, Ahmed Aminu who was imprisoned by his parents in his home for seven years.

The parents however alleged that the reason he was locked up was that he started doing drugs.

They also refuted claims that he was locked for seven years instead said they had locked their son for only three years.

Aminu had emaciated and lost his physical strength at the time he was rescued due to lack of food and water for days.

Sometimes, he took his own urine to quench his thirst and his faeces as food.

A source said a resident of the area, Rahma Muhammad, alerted a human rights activist who informed the police about Aminu’s plight.

The police spokesman, Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the incident to newsmen.

Haruna said in a statement: “The Kano State Police Command wishes to inform members of the general public that on the 13/08/2020 at about 2315hrs, information received revealed that one Aminu Farawa of Farawa Quarters, Kumbotso LGA of Kano State locked up his biological son, one Ahmed Aminu, 30 years old, of the same address inside his car garage within his house for about seven (7) years without proper feeding and health care.

“A Team of Operation Puff-Adder was raised and immediately swung into action. The victim was rescued and rushed to Murtala Muhammed Specialist Hospital Kano and admitted.

“The father was arrested. Preliminary investigations revealed that the father confessed to have locked-up the victim for three (3) years on allegation of suspected Drug-Abuse.

“However, the Command’s Commissioner of Police, Habu Sani, ordered that the case be transferred to State Criminal Investigations Department (SCID) for Discreet Investigations.”

Haruna said the police are investigating and gathering information on the case, to unravel the reason for Aminu’s confinement.

The arrest of Aminu’s father came only days after another father in Birnin Kebbi was apprehended for allegedly chaining and keeping his 11-year-old son in an animal stall for two years.

Arrested along with the boy’s father were his three wives.

The Spokesman for the Kebbi State Police Command, Nafi’u Abubakar, said the arrests were effected on Sunday after the command received “information that an 11-year-old boy named Jubrin Aliyu had been chained at their home for almost two years.”

He added: “We mobilized our men and rushed to their residence where we confirmed the claim as being true. He was rescued and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Birnin Kebbi for medication.

“Since we were still checking out the condition of the boy, we had to effect arrests involving his own biological father and three of his stepmothers who were living in the same compound with him. Investigations are ongoing.

“The boy is responding to treatment. What we discovered so far is that he had a pre-existing health condition. He was subsequently taken to another hospital in Sokoto.

“Seeing that he tried his best, the father tried to subject him to such inhuman and degrading treatment. The boy is going through a mental health condition for which he’s being treated.”

“Since we were still checking out the condition of the boy, we had to effect arrests involving his own biological father and three of his stepmothers who were living in the same compound with him. Investigations are ongoing. The boy is responding to treatment. What we discovered so far is that he had a pre-existing health condition. He was subsequently taken to another hospital in Sokoto.

“Seeing that he tried his best, the father tried to subject him to such inhuman and degrading treatment. The boy is going through a mental health condition for which he’s being treated.”

News of Jibril’s ordeal was first shared on Facebook by a user, Maryam Shetty, who said the boy lost his mother a few years back and was then subjected to inhumane treatment by the father and his wives.