The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) in Gombe State over the weekend rescued a 35-year-old woman allegedly kept in captivity by her relatives at a family house for over five months.
Saratu Ayuba
of Bolari quarters in Gombe metropolis was rescued following a tip-off by
neighbours after they learnt of the inhuman condition she was subjected to.
She was
locked up in a bedroom by her elder brothers for over five months after she was
alleged to have conceived and delivered a baby girl outside wedlock.
Witnesses
said Saratu was chained and locked up alongside her two-month-old daughter
inside an unhygienic, single room at their family house at Bolari quarters in
the metropolis.
Saratu, who
appeared visibly emaciated without proper clothing, said she was only fed with
tea and bread once a day for the last five months she had been locked up in the
room.
Due to her
unhealthy condition, she couldn't produce enough breast milk to feed her
daughter, she said.
She said her
former husband was responsible for the pregnancy, adding that he did it
deliberately to force her brothers to get her back to his house. She said her
former husband "mistakenly" divorced her twice.
She said she
has two other children, Alkasim, ten and Fatima, 8, from her first marriage.
However,
Saratu's elder brother, Muhammad Tajudden, told reporters that they locked her
in the room after she was diagnosed with a mental illness.
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