The Katsina State Police Command on Monday uncovered a rehabilitation centre in Daura, the hometown of President Muhammadu Buhari where over 300 inmates were reportedly being subjected to inhuman treatment.

The Police also arrested the owner of the centre, 72-year-old Mallam Bello Maialmajiri and two other unnamed teachers while others reported to have sexually molested some of the inmates escaped. 

Confirming the development, the Katsina State Commissioner of Police, Sanusi Buba who led the operation to the centre located at Nasarawa Quarters in the Sabongari area of Daura expressed shock at the discovery.

“We learnt that the inmates here are over 300.  The inmates revolted yesterday (Sunday) because of the inhuman treatment they were being subjected to. Some of the inmates escaped while the ones you are seeing, about 60 stayed back. 

“The inmates are from various parts of Nigeria, including Katsina as well as from Niger Republic. I will meet with the Emir of Daura and Governor Aminu Masari on the issue.

“We will do the profiling of the remaining inmates to determine where they are from and we will thereafter appeal to their parents and their guardians to come and collect them,” Buba said. 

“As you heard from the inmates, apart from being subjected to inhuman treatment, some of their so-called teachers practiced homosexual acts with them.

“Although the teachers escaped when my men came here after the inmates revolted, we shall get all of them and they would face the full wrath of the law.

“From what I have seen here, the old man who is the owner of this place and who is over 78 years old does not have the capacity and facilities to run this place again,” he added.