Police in Kano state have rescued a 30-year-old man named Ahmed Aminu, who was locked up for seven years by his father and stepmother.
He was rescued on Thursday evening by police and some human rights groups at Faraway Babban Layi in Mariri quarters of Kumbotso Local Government Area in Kano state.
According to reports, his parents chained him and locked him up over his consumption of drugs.
Police in Kano state have rescued a 30-year-old man named Ahmed Aminu, who was locked up for seven years by his father and stepmother.
He was rescued on Thursday evening by police and some human rights groups at Faraway Babban Layi in Mariri quarters of Kumbotso Local Government Area in Kano state.
According to reports, his parents chained him and locked him up over his consumption of drugs.
It was gathered that Aminu went days without food and water and had to feed on his feces and urine to stay alive.
Some concerned neighbors in the area informed the police and Human Rights Network group about Aminu’s situation.
The video of the rescued man went viral on Friday morning in Kano, showing how the police rescued him from the cage in which he was locked for seven years.
Police spokesperson DSP Abdullahi Haruna confirmed the incident, saying investigating into the reason for his confinement has commenced.
Speaking on the incident, a human rights activist Shehu Ibrahim stated that Aminu was locked by his parents on the suspicion that he had started smoking and was using drugs.
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