Nigeria Police Force (NPF) in Kaduna State has on Saturday, 19th October, 2019 raided a purported youth rehabilitation centre known as "Malam Niga’s Rehabilitation and Skills Acquisition Centre" located at Rigasa community in Igabi LGA of the State where 147 inmates were rescued.
Policemen stormed the centre located at Kwanar Gurguwa in the community at the early hours of Saturday and took the inmates to Mando Hajj Camp in the metropolis of the State where the inmates are being kept under the care of the State Ministry of Human Services and Social Development. Shortly after their arrival, Governor Nasir El- Rufai arrived at the venue and instructed that the founder of the centre, Lawal Yusuf Muduru, be taken to Police custody for questioning.
Also, the Commissioner for Human Services and Social Development, Hafsat Baba, who was at the camp, told Newsmen on Sunday that 22 of the inmates are females while four are foreigners. In her words “The number of inmates evacuated from the centre is 147, among them 22 females while four are from Niger and Cameroon republics. We also have underage ones among them and those who are mentally unstable. We have contacted a psychiatrist who will come to examine them.” she disclosed.
Checks further revealed that the majority of the inmates are drug addicts who were taken to the centre for rehabilitation and to acquire skills such as carpentry, welding, computer training, etc.
Spokesman of Kaduna State Police Command DSP Yakubu Sabo, confirmed the raid, saying Governor El-Rufai paid an impromptu visit to the centre alongside the police and discovered that the inmates were not being kept in good condition. He added that about seven of the inmates were alleged to have been sexually abused by other inmates and were undergoing an examination. He added that the founder of the centre is under Police custody and is being quizzed as he claimed to have a license for operating the centre.
