The police in Kaduna on Thursday raided a home with over 300 people in Rigasa in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State .
The cops freed about 300 people who were chained in the house , including children .
They were said to be from Burkina Faso , Mali and other African countries , according to the force .
The children were said to have confessed to being abused homosexually .
Some of the others were said to have been subjected to daily recitation of the Holy Quran and prayers with torture .
According to Bello Hamza , a 42 – year -old inmate , he was tricked to the centre by his family who are interested in taking “ over my share of our inheritance .”
“ I have spent three months here. I am supposed to be pursuing my Masters at the University of Pretoria in South Africa .
“ This is supposed to be an Islamic centre, but trying to run away from here attracts severe punishment ; they tie people and hang them to the ceiling . However, engaging in homosexuality attracts no punishment . ”
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Police , Ali Janga , said, “ We received information that something is going on in this rehabilitation centre or Islamic centre. On getting here, we discovered that this is neither a rehabilitation centre nor Islamic school .
“ The man who is operating this home claimed that parents brought their children here for rehabilitation . But, from the look of things , this is not a rehabilitation centre. No reasonable parent will bring their children to this place .
The proprietor of the centre called Malam said all they did in the centre was the teaching of Islam.
He stated , “ All those allegations of torture , degumanisation and homosexuality are false and mere allegations. We do nothing here other than teaching people Islam. ”
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