The Kano State Police Command on Thursday
uncovered the corpse of a woman allegedly
locked up in a room by her husband for three
days.
Crimefacts gathered that the incident
occurred at Mariri Quarters in Kano Metropolis.
The corpse, which had since begun to
decompose, was discovered by neighbours,
who alerted police to the situation.
The development comes a day after the police
in Kano rescued a 55-year-old man allegedly
confined for 30 years in a solitary room by his
relatives.
On August 13, Ahmad Aliyu, a 32-year-old
man, was also rescued by the police after
being locked up in a room by his father and
stepmother for seven years .
Aliyu, a resident of Farawa Babban Layi in
Mariri quarters of Kumbotso Local Government
Area in Kano, was said to have been chained
and caged after he was accused of drug abuse
by his parents.
