By HARUNA AHMED, Kano –
Men of the Kano State Police Command have rescued dozens of people from an illegal rehabilitation centre after a successful raid.
The victims who were subjected to humiliating conditions, numbering 47 and all males, regained freedom on Thursday following a raid of the illegal facility at ‘Yar Akwa community of Unguwa Uku district in Tarauni Local Government Area of the state.
The spokesperson of the command, Mr Haruna Kiyawa, who confirmed the rescue, said the operation resulted in the arrest of two of the operators of the facility, saying the rescued persons were between the ages of 12 – 30.
Mr. Kiyawa explained that 4 of the victims who were in chains with varying degrees of injury have been taken to the Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital in Kano for treatment.
He assured the people of the community and residents of the state that the arrested operators would be charged as soon as the police were done with the investigations.
The rescue of the victims comes almost two years since authorities in Kano banned operations of illegal rehabilitation centres across all local government areas in the state.
Security operatives busted several illegal rehabilitation centres across some states in the northern region of the country, including Kaduna, Katsina, and Kwara States two years ago.
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