President has directed the police to disband all such centres and all the inmates be handed over to their parents,” said a presidential spokesman. Prior to this week’s raid, hundreds of captives had escaped the centre, police said on Tuesday. The 67 inmates who were freed by Katsina police were shackled, and many were taken to hospital for treatment, police superintendent Isah Gambo told Reuters. Local resident Umar Galadima said that escaped captives were “running for their lives,” with some throwing stones or brandishing weapons to fend off workers who tried to take them back to the facility. Buhari said the government planned to ban the schools eventually, but he has not yet commented on the Katsina school.

Source: bd News24 October 15, 2019 22:18 UTC