300 persons in chains discovered in Quranic school in Kaduna

No fewer than 300 persons in chain were on Thursday discovered in a home in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State when operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command stormed the town.
Those freed included children and nationals of Burkina Faso, Mali and other African countries aside Nigerians.
The children were said to have confessed to being abused homosexually.
Some of the others were said to have been subjected to daily recitation of the Holy Quran and prayers with torture.
The Commissioner, Kaduna State Police Command, Ali Janga, said: “We received information that something is going on in this rehabilitation centre or Islamic centre.
“So, I sent my Divisional Police Officer here to check what was going on.
“On getting here, we discovered that this is neither a rehabilitation centre nor Islamic school.
“The man who is operating this home claimed that parents brought their children here for rehabilitation.
“But from the look of things, this is not a rehabilitation centre.
“No reasonable parent will bring their children to this place.
“Most of them are even chained.
“These people are being used, dehumanised.
“You can see it yourself.
“So, we are going to investigate them and get to the root of the matter.
“We will find out the real motive behind this centre, and if they are found wanting, they will be charged to court.
“But first, we are evacuating all the people from this place to our station and we will make announcement for parents to come and recover their children.”
The Proprietor of the centre, simply identified as Malam, said all they do in the centre is teach people Islam.
According to Malam: “All those allegations of torture, dehumanisation and homosexuality are false and mere allegations.
“We do nothing here other than teaching people Islam.
“They don’t do anything other than recitation of Qur’an, pray and worship God.
“Those chained are the stubborn ones who attempt running away.
“Those who don’t attempt running away are not chained.
“Some were chained before and after settling down, they were freed.
“Most of them were brought by their parents from across the country and others from outside the country.”