A non-governmental organisation, Save the youngsters International, has rescued a 16-year-old boy identified as Sadiqu Daura, who was confined to a cage for four years by his father, Salisu Umar Daura, at his house in Daura, Katsina State.
It was gathered hat Sadiqu’s predicament started when he lost his mother six years ago.
Being physically challenged, 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 as a results of his condition.
He was fed sort of a dog during the amount until last week when SCI intervened and reported the interest the police.
According to an SCI agent in Daura, Aminu Gambo, Salisu told the police that he decided to place the boy during a cage because there was not space for him within the two-room apartment housing the whole family of 15 including his 12 other children.
“He was detained at the police station in Daura for each day then moved to the police headquarters in Katsina and later released on the condition that he will not subject the boy to such cruelty .
“SCI is functioning to ascertain how it can accommodate Sadiku under its Reaching and Empowering Adolescents to form informed choices for his or her health programme being implemented in Zamfara, Katsina and Gombe states,” he said.
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