The
Lagos State Police Command had rescued 28 persons that included 13 teenagers
found in chains in a house at Oke-Ira, Ojodu area of the state.
The
command’s spokesperson, SP Dolapo Badmos, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
on Monday that the victims were rescued on Friday.
Badmos
said that the command had also arrested one Emmanuel Adeyemi alleged to have been
responsible for the crime.
She said
that the rescued people comprised: six male adults, nine female adults, seven
female children and six male; adding that they had been taken into protective
custody.
“On Aug.
19, at about noon, the command received information that a child was in chain
in a house at Oyinbo Unity Estate, Olamidun Close, Yakoyo, Oke-Ira, Ojodu.
“Consequently,
he command mobilized a team of policemen to the location, where a 17-year-old
boy, (names withheld) was found in a room with a chain around his legs.
“The
victim was allegedly chained by the suspect who claimed to be his father to
restrain him from going out.
“Further
search of the premises led to the discovery of 27 others chained by the same
suspect,’’ Badmos said.
The
image-maker said that the suspect was currently undergoing interrogations,
stressing that the command was working assiduously to get to the roots of the
matter.
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