The Police Command Kaduna State said it had invited five persons to assist them in their investigation into the locking up of a 67-year-old man for 20 years in Kaduna.
The Command Public Relations Officers, DSP Mohammed Jalige, stated this at the scene of the alleged offence on Wednesday.
The rescued man, Mr Ibrahim Ado, was allegedly locked up in a room in Bayajidda/Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Kaduna North Local government Area.
Jalige told newsmen that the incident was reported to the Police community health workers who were on duty in the afternoon at Bayajidda by Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Kaduna.
According to him, upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna Command, ordered that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area should lead operatives to the scene and bring out the man.
According to him, upon receipt of the information, the Commissioner of Police, Kaduna Command, ordered that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of the area should lead operatives to the scene and bring out the man.
He said the Commissioner also ordered that they should find out from the people around the area why the man was kept in a room for so long.
He said that he had been locked up in the room for almost 20 years, where he ate, urinated and did everything without being taken care of.
