BY SALIU SALIU
THE Police in Kano State have rescued a 15-year-old girl locked up inside a room for 10 years by her biological parents.
The operatives of the Command, who rescued the victim at Darerawa Quarters, Fagge Local Government Area of Kano State, arrested her mother, while her father, Mohammed Jibrin, is at large.
The victim, identified as Aisha Jibrin, was said to have been locked up in the room for 10 years without proper feeding and health care.
Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the development on Tuesday, saying efforts were in progress to also arrest the fleeing father.
Haruna said good samaritans alerted the Command of the girl’s situation, noting that she had been rushed to the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital, Kano, for medical attention.
He said, “On Monday, at about 1100hrs, the Kano State Police Command received an information which 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, 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 into action. The victim was rescued and rushed to Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital Kano and admitted.
“One suspect named Rabi Mohd, ‘f’, 35 years old, a mother to the victim was arrested while efforts are in progress to arrest the father of the victim who is currently at large.”
“The Commissioner of Police, CP Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, however, ordered that case be transferred to the Command’s Criminal Investigation Department for discrete investigation,” he added.
