#Op_Ed :The Continued servitude in Kano and the need for a quick end to it

Ibe Pascal Chinedu Arogorn


It is implausible to imagine on how some people in kano state Nigeria have been Chained for years in a locked place filled with darkness by their relations.

On August 14,Crimefacts News reported how a 32-year-old Kano man, Ahmad Aliyu who
had been locked in a room by his father and
stepmother for over seven years, was
rescued by the police..The victim was chained and caged after being
accused of drug abuse by his parents.The video of the rescued kano man went viral
on Friday morning in Kano, showing how the
police rescued him from the cage where he is said to have lived for 7 years.

On August 21,Crimefacts News also reported how 55-year-old
Murtala Muhammad had been in chains for 30
years before he was rescued by the police in
Kano at Rogo Village.There are indications that Muhammad had
been chained by his family for mental health
reasons.Muhammad, a resident of Kofar Fada in Rogo
Local Government Area of ​​Kano State, was
rescued by the police and Human Rights
Network on Thursday.

On 16 August, ThisDay gathered how another man was allegedly
held captive by his father for 15 years.His father, Mallam Lawan, is a Friday mosque
chief imam.The victim was rescued by the Police Medical
Team and operatives of Operation Puff
Adder.

On 22 August, Crimefacts also reported how a 6 year-old orphan was held captive by his stepmother for 12 in Kano .It was gathered that the father had been
arrested in connection with the inhumane act
while the stepmother had fled..The orphan boy who was said to be left
under the care of his stepmother since he
lost his mum a couple of years back.

In all this inhumane and evil acts in Kano state ,Kano state government have not acted swifty by setting up laws, bodies to tackle this cannibalistic ordeal. Are this set of people not an indigenes of Kano state?or Is it because those people are not the relatives of prominent People in Kano state?.

The first policy of a responsible government is to ensure a good humanitarian affairs and see that rights of the common people in a state are well protected to the last .
It matters most that when non indigenes from outside the state had a glimpse of Kano as the home of Slavery and Brutalities.

The government’s quietness to react to this continuous carnage shows that the it far to end. In fact There are much hidden stories which haven’t been exposed in the Media on how evil people molest and maltreat their Fellow people in Kano.

The Government of Kano should as a matter of urgency set up a committee to see ,enact laws and punish gruesomely the devil-may-care people who are hell bent on victimising their Children,Stepsons and Sons in Kano state.

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