A 16-year-old boy, identified as Sadiqu Daura, who was confined to a cage for four years by his father because of his condition, has been allocated a room in the man’s house.

Sadiqu’s father, Mallam Salisu Daura, confirmed the development when a team from a non-government organisation, Save the Children, visited his house in Daura, Katsina State, on Tuesday.

The organisation is at the forefront of those protecting the boy’s interest to ensure that he lives a normal life.

Salisu told the team, “I regret my actions and it’ll never happen again. The people, who took up this case, are not my enemies. They will live long, because I’ll keep praying for their success. They’ve helped me and I’ve now realised my mistakes.

“I don’t have enough rooms in the house as you can see. I didn’t put him in the cage to punish him or because I don’t love him. It was just my way of allocating a room to him.”

The father of 16, who is also a tailor, showed Sadiqu’s new room, which is about 90 per cent complete, to the team.

Investigation revealed that Sadiqu’s predicament started when he lost his mother six years ago.

Being a cripple, he was then taken to his paternal grandmother, who also died shortly thereafter.

Sadiqu was thereafter brought back to his father’s house and was put inside a cage because of his condition.

It was learnt that a change agent of the Save the Children in Daura, Mallam Aminu Gambo, drew the attention of the organisation to Sadiqu’s plight and the NGO consequently took it up.

“Upon finding out about Sadiqu’s predicament, we swung into action by first visiting the house. We took the matter to the Police Area Commander, who sent us to the command headquarters in Katsina,” Gambo stated.

A top police source revealed that Sadiqu is mentally ill, a development which he said occasionally affected his behaviour and interaction with people.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity said, “The father is not wicked. We all have our individual challenges. When the matter was brought to our notice, we carried out our investigation and we discovered that apart from being crippled, the boy is also mentally ill.

“We directed the father to ensure that the boy is well taken care of. And this, the father did according to his ability.”

Mayng01:
Northerners & animalistic behavior

IamSalt:

That is how they breed the inhumane and animalistic behavior in them. They cage there conscience and let them loose to cause havoc.

IamD18:
The behavior of an average Nigerian Northerner is worrisome.

BigBelleControl:
Why is the issue of tying people down so common in the north these days? Even if the person is sick, can't they find a civil way to deal with it.

Simplyleo:


Well, such act is barbaric and condemnable in the strongest term.

However, at least, restricting the movement of fellow human is an act practised only by humans. Though a very wicked act.

But brutality against fellow class of animals is an act shared by humans and lesser animals. A case of brutality outrightly exhibiting animalistic behaviour is as shown below.

There are countless similar cases, even on nairaland.


More worrisome are cases of Easterners such as the one pictured below.

Simplyleo:


Well, such act is barbaric and condemnable in the strongest term.

However, at least, restricting the movement of fellow human is an act practised only by humans. Though a very wicked act.

But brutality against fellow class of animals is an act shared by humans and lesser animals. A case of brutality outrightly exhibiting animalistic behaviour is as shown below.

There are countless similar cases, even on nairaland.


More worrisome are cases of Easterners such as the one pictured below.

Mayng01:
Northerners & animalistic behavior

comos:
The Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, on Friday justified the arrest of only suspects of Yoruba extraction over the recent clash in Ile-Ife, Osun State, which resulted in the death of about 46 persons. He said crime neither has tribe nor identity.

Idris spoke with State House correspondents shortly after briefing President Muhammadu Buhari of security situations in parts of the country inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The police had been in the eye of the storm for arresting and parading 20 Yoruba persons, including a monarch, over the clash while not a single Hausa/Fulani person was detained.

The pan-Yoruba group, Afenifere; and the Oodua Peoples Congress are among groups and individuals that have been criticising the police over the development.

Idris however said the police would not hesitate to apply the law once criminal cases are established against individuals, irrespective of their tribe.

He said, “You know we are police officers. Crime has no tribe. If you are a criminal, you are a criminal.

“Crime has no face. We don’t look at crime in the identity of where you are coming from.

“As far as you are a criminal and the police find you wanting, we apply the law.”

He said investigation had revealed that the crisis started with a disagreement between two people selling food along the road.

https://punchng.com/ife-clash-igp-justifies-arrest-of-only-yoruba-suspects/

Ahmed0336:
Not again!!!!

I think it's high time all houses in this corn-tree be searched.