Police north of Nigeria have rescued more than 300 young men from an Islamic boarding school where they have been chained and sexually assaulted, police said in the second such operation in a month.

The police team raided the school in Daura in Katsina state after some students fled the hostel on Sunday and went to the streets to protest against what the youths are facing at the school.

Katsina police Chief , Sanusi Buba told reporters in Daura that the youths had been chained and tortured.

“We have learned that the number of detainees here exceeds 300, and they revolted because of the inhumane treatment they are subjected to,” he said.

“Some of them managed to escape while (60) remained inside,” he said, adding that some of them were found chained.

Buba said the school was founded by a Muslim cleric, Blue Maay Almajirai, 40 years ago, and he later handed over the administration to his son.

He explained that the enrolled are students brought by their families to learn the Koran and receive treatment from drug addiction and other.

President, Mohamed Bahari comes from Daoura, 70 km (40 miles) from the state capital near Niger border.

The police official said that the students were from different parts of Nigeria and Niger.

According to Buba, the students were subjected to “inhumane conditions”, some of whom revealed that their teacher “had sex with them.”

He confirmed that the police will coordinate with the state government to verify their identities and communicate with their families to return them.

He pledged that the school official and its teachers who fled during the raid would be arrested and held accountable.

Last month, police in nearby Kaduna state freed more than 300 students from a boarding school who were similarly attacked.

High rates of drug addiction and the absence of rehabilitation centers in northern Nigeria are forcing parents to enroll their children in informal reform schools where they are abused.

A Federal High Court in Lagos State on Tuesday, adjourned until November 19, to hear a suit challenging the imposition of levies in the Ikeja Computer Village.

The Fundamental Rights suit, marked FHC/L/CS/1568/19, is filed by one Prince Ochokwu Obieze through his lawyer, Mr Ikechukwu Chiaha.

Joined as first to fourth respondents are Inspector- General of Police, Commissioner of Police Lagos Police Command, Area Commander Area F Command and one IPO, Jennifer.

Also joined as fifth to the seventh respondent are Mr Tony, Mrs Bisiola Azeez, (Iyaloja) and Mr Adeniyi Olasoji (Babaloja).

Obieze, the applicant, is seeking a declaration that the incessant molestation, threat to kill, harassment and his detention by the first to the fourth respondent at the instance of the fifth to the seventh respondent is illegal.

News Agency of Nigeria reports that the case could not proceed on Tuesday as the court did not sit, hence the new date for the hearing of the suit.

In the originating motion, the applicant seeks a declaration that the forceful invasion of his business premises at the Computer Village, Ikeja on August 8, by tugs for refusal to pay “unjustifiable levies” made by the fifth to the seventh respondent is unlawful and illegal.“

He also wants a declaration that his beating, harassment, and intimidation in the market place by the fifth to seventh respondent in company of their tugs, due to his refusal to accede to an illegal levy in the computer village is unlawful.

The applicant also seeks a declaration that the inhumane treatment meted on him during his detention by agents of the first to the fourth respondent at the instance of the fifth to the seventh respondent, is a flagrant violation of his fundamental rights.

He, therefore, seeks an order of perpetual injunction, restraining the respondents from further infringing or violating his rights.

The applicant also seeks an order, restraining the respondent from further “forcefully and exploitatively“ demanding payment of the said levies from him.

The applicant wants an order restraining the respondents from forcing and torturing him to denounce his membership of the Computer and Allied Products Dealers Association of Nigeria.

Besides, the applicant seeks payment of damages in the sum of N25 million against the respondent for the violation of his rights as well as aggravated and exemplary damages in the sum of N2 million.

He also wants a public apology from the respondent to be published in two national dailies.

(NAN)

Troops of Operation Thunder Strike have rescued the four remaining students of Government Day Secondary School Gwagwada, #KadunaState, who were abducted on their way to school on Oct. 10.

According the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the students have been handed over to their joyful parents. .

Bandits terrorizing Kaduna/Abuja highway on October 10, abducted 10 students of the school while on their way to school.

However, the quick intervention of troops led to the immediate rescue of six out of the 10 students while the bandits escaped into the forest with the four. .

However, on Monday, October 14, at about 6 am, following a tip-off from a reliable source, troops raided the hideout of the bandits and successfully rescued the remaining 4 students.

During the rescue operation, the bandits ran into the bush with gunshot wounds while abandoning the students after they had engaged the troops in a gun duel.

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Tuesday received two batches of 173 Nigerians stranded in the North African country, Libya.

The Returnees who arrived the country in two different flights were received by NEMA’s Coordinator, Lagos Territorial Office Alhaji Idris Abubakar Muhammed at the Cargo Wing of the MMIA, Ikeja.

The returnees were flown in aboard a chartered aircraft belonging to Al Buraq Air with flight number BRQ189.14 and registration number 5A-DMG.MRA , which landed about 04: 52 a. m.

While 162 of the returnees boarded the aircraft from Misrata 11 others returned in aircraft air lifted them from Bengazil which landed about 5:15 a.m .

The profiling of the Returnees on arrival indicated that there were 52 adults females; there were four female children and four female infants as well as 106 adults males.
The profile report indicated there were two male children and five male infants in the batch.

Among the Returnees 21 had medical challenges.

A Returnee, Miss Areni Aishat, 23 years old, from Ogun state narrated how she was deceived with the promised of traveling to New York City in the United States with the opportunity to practice catering.

She said: “I just graduated as a catering apprentice and the Aunt told me that she can help me to travel to United States where I could do better work.

“She told me that she would pay for my transportation and that I would refund the money when I start working there.

“I did not know that she was deceiving me until we left and embarked on long journey.

” It was my mates that revealed to me that it was Libya we were heading when she started making trouble that it was United States she was promised.”

Miss Areni said it was when she got to Libya, she was told that there’s nothing like catering job.

She said she was told that the options available to her were either to be a house girl or to be sold out to Connection House that is prostitution network.

She said she worked for one year.

“I decided to return home because the nature of the work is not ideal for a human being.”

For people who are still thinking of traveling to Libya, she counseled: “I will advise whoever is thinking of travelling to Libya never to contemplate doing so.

“Nigeria is far better than Libya, Libya is dangerous, it is either you are kidnapped, killed, raped, robbed or bombing here and there. Nigerians are not safe there.”

Aishat stated that she was tired of staying in Libya and revealed how she was able to join this batch back to Nigeria.

“I was helped back to the country when my mother went to NAPTIP office to complain and a phone number of a staff of Nigerian embassy was sent to me and it was the Embassy staff that facilitated my return to the country. I am grateful to Nigeria Government for helping back to the country.”

The National Identity Management Commission, says the renewal of the National Identity Card will cost five thousand naira (N5,000) payable through remita.

This was disclosed by its tweeter handle (@nimc_ng) monitored by the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday, and confirmed by a staff of the Corporate Department of the NIMC.

NIMC also said that applicants who wish to renew their card can visit any NIMC office with the required documents to obtain their card.

” The requirements include a written application with attached proof of payment receipt made through remita, bank teller, NIN slip and submit it at our office.

” Card renewal costs N5,000 payable through remita.” NIMC tweeted.

The tweet also explained that the main focus of the commission was to ensure that all Nigerians are enrolled.

” Our main focus is ensuring that all Nigerians are enrolled and issued their NIN and Your NIN is the most important token of your enrollment.

According to the commission, Nigerians can authenticate their National Identity Number through the NIMC verification portal.

”Your NIN can be authenticated through our verification portal without your card” NIMC tweeted.

” You will be issued your cards when funds permit, Please bear with us and Your NIN is generated immediately for you upon successful completion of your enrolment.