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Police Rescue Mother Of Four Locked Up For Two Years By Brother (Photo)

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Police Rescue Mother Of Four Locked Up For Two Years By Brother (Photo)

The Nigeria Police Command in Kaduna State has rescued a woman identified as Hassana Sale, who was locked up in a dark room by her biological brother for two years.

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Thelagostimes gathered that the lady, who is divorced, was locked up to prevent her from visiting her ex-husband.

A Kaduna-based NGO, Arida Relief Foundation and a team of policemen found her in a terrible state during the rescue operation. According to the founder of the NGO, Hajiya Rabi Salisu, the victim was deprived of her freedom by her elder brother, one Malam Lawal Sale, over her intention to go back to her matrimonial home.

Salisu explained that the woman became depressed when she was divorced by her husband, but due to the love for the children, visited them daily. .

“She visits the children on daily basis, so the elder brother and the some of her relatives decided to lock her up in a dark room for two years so that she will not go back to her ex-husband.

We have taken her to the hospital and when she becomes stable, she would be handed over to the state Ministry of Human Service and Social Development to pursue the matter”, she said.

Meanwhile, Sale’s brother has been arrested.

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Ayomide Ayano

A writer, communicator, Graduate of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism and a Christian.

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