Hundreds of boys and men have been rescued from a building in northern Nigeria where they had been beaten, starved, sexually assaulted and chained, police say
LAGOS, Nigeria — Hundreds of boys and men have been rescued from a building in northern Nigeria where they had been beaten, starved, sexually assaulted and chained, police said Friday.
"The condition under which we found the victims was so dehumanizing, many of them were chained," Sabo said. Local television footage showed most of the victims in very bad condition, with some walking with difficulty. Some of the male students of "different nationalities" sit on the floor in chains outside a torture chamber on Sept. 26, 2019 in the Rigasa area of Kaduna in northern Nigeria after being rescued by police.The owner and six others who were said to be teachers have been arrested, the police spokesman said.
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