The Kaduna State Police Command said that it had handed over to the State Government the 300 inmates of a rehabilitation centre at Rigasa in Kaduna, rescued on Thursday.
Parents of some of the children had disputed police claims that the inmates were being abused and held against their wish.Saturday that the over 300 inmates were handed over to the Kaduna State Government on Friday for a reunion with their families.The PPRO defended the police raid on the centre, saying it was based on reports of torture and abuse, not whether the inmates were willingly taken there by their parents.
“Nobody is questioning whether the parents took their children there, what we are saying is that inhuman treatment was meted out to those children in violation of the law. “The school is concurrently running both educational and correctional programmes which are supposed to be different institutions with different licences.
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