Parents Keeps a 15 year old girl in solitary confinement for 10 years.
The Police Command in Kano has rescued a 15-year-old girl who was locked up in a room by her parents in Darerawa Quarters, Fagge local government area of Kano State for 10 years.
The Police Command in Kano has rescued a 15-year-old girl who was locked up in a room by her parents in Darerawa Quarters, Fagge local government area of Kano State for 10 years.
The girl whose name is Aisha Jibrin was gathered to have been living without proper feeding and healthcare for 10 years in solitary confinement.
She was rescued from the lonely life in a room in her parents’ home.
It was not established why she was locked up.
She looked emancipated, bonny, hungry, weak, and had difficulty in standing and walking.
Upon her rescue, the victim was rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital in Kano where she was admitted for treatment, police said.
Police spokesman Abdullahi Haruna on Tuesday said the victim’s mother, Rabi Mohd, 35, has been arrested.
He added efforts are ongoing to arrest the father, Mohd Jibrin, who is on the run.
“Information received by the police revealed that one Aisha Jibrin had been in solitary confinement for 10 years.
“Kano State Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, raised and instructed a team of medical officers and detectives to proceed to the area.
“The team rescued the victim and arrested one of the culprits who is the victim’s mother,” Haruna, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) said.
Haruna disclosed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Kano State police command has launched a discrete investigation into the incident.
