Father Chains, Locks Up His 10-Year-Old Son Over Refusal To Attend Islamic School In Niger State

A person recognized as Malam Abubakar Mohammed of High Medical space, in Minna, Niger state, has been arrested for placing his 10-year-old son, Mohammed in chains and locking him up in the home. The person, who was mentioned to have been arrested generally in the past for molesting a pupil in his Islamic school, put his son in chain on Tuesday over the kid’s absenteeism from the UBE Major School, Tunga in Minna, and refusal to attend Islamic school.

The younger Mohammed mentioned solely the daddy can undo the chain as he has the important thing. The company officers have to interact the service of a bike repairer earlier than the impediment could possibly be eliminated. Talking with newsmen on the event, the state official overseeing the Company, Barrister Maryam Kolo mentioned Abubakar’s neighbours alerted her workplace of the abuse.

“We got the information from the suspect’s neighbours and we promptly deployed our operatives who rescued the boy from where he was locked up by the father,” she defined. She mentioned Malam Abubakar will not be a first-time offender, including that he was as soon as arrested by the company and handed over to males of the Division of State Safety Service for prosecution.

She mentioned the company would hand him over to the safety companies for prosecution after concluding its investigation. In an interview with newsmen on the premises of the company, Malam Abubakar mentioned he took the motion as corrective measures after repeated appeals to the son to mend his methods failed.

In accordance to him, the son is keen on absconding from school and holding late nights, including that every one the entreaties for him to change failed. He mentioned he chained and locked the boy up on Wednesday morning after he went for the early morning prayers and didn’t see him in the mosque.

“We looked for him everywhere but couldn’t find him. In fact, he apparently did not sleep at home; so I went to where they normally hang out with his friends and saw him sleeping. I took him home and decided to use chain to prevent him from going anywhere until I returned from a naming ceremony but when I got back, I learnt some people from the human rights have taken him,” he defined.

The company mentioned the state authorities would take-over the welfare of the boy after the required counselling, including that the custody could be transferred to the mom who resides in a neighborhood in Katcha native authorities space of the state. The Niger State workplace of the Nationwide Human Rights Fee (NHRC), mentioned it could comply with up the matter to its logical conclusion, including that the motion was akin to torture and inhumane remedy which the Anti-Torture Act 2017 seeks to tackle.

The pinnacle of the fee, Malam Nuhu Mohammed, mentioned the motion was inhumane and degrading, mentioning that the Anti-Torture Act explicitly makes the correct to freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading remedy non-negotiable. He mentioned the fee is collaborating with related authorities companies and rights teams in preventing varied abuses and proper points in the state.