Kano state police command has rescued a 15-year old girl, Aisha Jibrin, who was allegedly locked up in a room by her parents in Darerawa Quarters of Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State.
Confirming the development, the spokesperson of the state police command, Abdullahi Kiyawa, told newsmen l Miss Jibrin was confined to the home of her parents without proper feeding and healthcare.
He said her mother, Rabi Muhammad, has been taken into custody but the father has fled.
A statement released by Kiyawa said;
The Kano State Police Command wishes to inform members of the general public that on the 19/04/2021 at about 1100hrs, information received revealed that one Aisha Jibrin, ‘f’, 15 years old of Darerawa Quarters, Fagge LGA Kano State was solitarily confined for ten (10) years in a room by her biological parents, one Mohd Jibrin, ‘m’, and Rabi Mohd, ‘f’, of the same address inside their house without proper feeding and health care.
On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, fsi raised and instructed a Medical Team and a team of Detectives to proceed to the scene, rescue the victim and arrest the culprits.
The teams immediately swung in to action. The victim was rescued and rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano and admitted.
He said the case has been transferred to the Police Criminal Investigation Department for investigation on the order of the police commissioner.
See some more photos of the victim being rescued below;
