Kano Asks Police To Exhume Corpse Of Almajiri Child ‘Tortured To Death By Teacher’

The Kano state government has demanded that the remains of an Almajiri child allegedly tortured to death by his teacher should be exhumed.

Dr Muhammad Tahar Adamu, Commissioner of Religious Affairs, disclosed this when he visit the school at Wailari area of Kano State, on Tuesday.

Confirming the incident, Police Public Relations Officer in Kano, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said some arrest had been made.

He added that the police raided an illegal rehabilitation centre in Naibawa ‘Yan Lemo Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area.

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“At about 1100hrs, a report was received from ten (10) escaped inmates of an illegal rehabilitation centre, that one Musa Safiyanu, ‘m’, 55 years old, of Naibawa ‘Yan Lemo Quarters, Kumbotso LGA, Kano State is running an illegal rehabilitation centre with chained, tortured and locked inmates, from where they escaped.