A 67 year-old man identified as Garba Musa of Dutse LGA, Malam Garba Musa of Jigawa State and his 50 year-old wife Aisha Abubakar have been arrested by Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
The suspects were arrested last week by the Jigawa State Command on a suspected case of violence against person.
His arrest was made following a series complaint lodged at the NSCDC State Command Headquarters by a Human Right Activist who reported to have received an information from the suspect’s neighbors that a girl of about 25 years name named Ummi Abubakar daughter to the suspect is locked up in a room within the house for several years without being allowed to come out.
Upon receipt of the complaint, NSCDC operatives rushed to the house, and rescued the 25 year old who was looking emaciated, unkept and depressed.
The room which she was living serves as her toilet where she urinates and her food served on a bare floor.
According to the father, his daughter is suffering from a mental illness and was gallivanting around causing problem in the neighborhood that was the reason why she was locked up
He brought Hospital Patient Card obtained in 2013, 2014 and 2018 from Kazaure Psychiatric Hospital, Jigawa State where he has taken her for treatment.
Investigation also revealed that the mother of the 25 year old Ummi separated from the father, her husband about 30 years ago and was denied visiting her Children despite having Six (6) with him.
Apart from Ummi’s brother who’s a public servant, the other Four (4) siblings were married. Ummi’s mother is married to another man, living in Huguma Town, Kano State.
Meanwhile, the Command is investigating the root cause of her mental illness going by the fact that she was healthy up to Junior Secondary School level before her disappearance and to also find a solution to end her suffering.
