A man who was locked up for twenty years in Benin street in the central part of Kaduna metropolis has been discovered by environmental officers on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

Environmental officers who discovered the middle-aged man told newsmen on Wednesday they were really shocked with the discovery.

Their spokesman, who pleaded for anonymity, said: “Today we came to this house in search of beverages that were usually kept in residential houses without proper storage facilities when we saw a naked man locked up in a room.

“We found that he was in an uncomfortable position. The odour coming out from the room was unbearable.

“Later, we broke the room and brought him out. He was behaving like an animal. It was then we learnt that he was kept in the room for twenty years.

“We also found out he was fed in the room. He urinates and passed his faeces in the same room.

The Magaji Gari police in the heart of the Kaduna Central area was later invited and they took him away.

The Police Public Relations Officer in Kaduna State, DSP Mohammed Jalige, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that a thorough investigation would be conducted on the matter.

Jalige said that the victim, Ibrahim Ado, was first discovered by some environmental health officers who were in the house on official duty.

“They reported to the Magajin Gari Police Division and the

Commissioner of Police directed personnel to evacuate the victim.

“He also directed for full scale investigation of the matter to unravel the circumstances surrounding the issue and why the man was kept in isolation for this long,” he added.

Jalige said that the victim had been taken to hospital for medical evaluation. (Pieced together from reports by NAN and Nigerian Tribune)

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