Kaduna State Police Command has raided an Islamiya school in Rigasa on Thursday and arrested seven teachers. It also evacuated about 300 children kept under dehumanising conditions according to the Police.
The Kaduna Police Command Public Relations Officer, Yakubu Sabo said the children will be immediately be reunited with their parents after handing them over to the state Government.
One of the residents who identified himself as Shehu, a preacher in the school denied the police allegation about the condition under which the kids were kept. He said that all the children in the school were there with the consent of their parents.
“The parents signed a form before the children were enrolled in the school. The parents bring food for their children daily and they also know the condition they are in”.
“We were very surprised when the police came and evacuated the children, as well as removed all the students food brought by their parents before they shut down the school. This is unfair because we have parents who will testify if their children are kept in bad condition as claimed by the police,”.
He added that shortly after the police raid, many parents rushed to the scene to see their children.
According to the Police, The kids were kept in dehumanising condition in the name of undergoing or acquiring qur’anic knowledge. Many of them have scars on their back; which shows they were beaten. So we are investigating the school to know the owner of the facility,”.
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