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| Jubril Aliyu |
Jubril was saved from the cruel situation that left him his father and his stepmother.
Giving an update on Jubril, State Police Command spokesperson DSP Nafiu Abubakar said investigations revealed that Jubril has Down Syndrome and that his father, Aliyu Umar, decided to chain him because he had taken him to several native doctors but none could treat him.
Abubakar said Umaru has been found guilty of being abusive to his son and charged to trial.
"The Kebbi State Police Command wishes to inform the general public that on 09/08/2020, at approximately 1440 hours, information revealed that one Jibrin Aliyu, a boy, 12 years of age in the Badariya region, bound Birnin Kebbi with a rope alongside animals and chickens for a period of two years after the death of his biological mother without treatment and feeding at home.
On the receipt of the report, detectives attached to the Divisional Police Headquarters, Birnin Kebbi, swiftly rushed to the scene, rescued the victim and took him to Sir Yahyah Memorial Hospital, Birnin Kebbi for medical attention.
In the course of the investigation, it was discovered that the victim, Jibrin Aliyu is a patient of Down Syndrome and his father, Aliyu Umaru has admitted to having tied him with a rope because he had taken him to various native doctors for medication up to the extent of selling some of his properties but all in vain.
Instead of his father to continue with his medication, he decided to subject him to such inhumane and degrading treatment in order to prevent him from roaming about in the town, stoning peoples’ vehicles as well as injuring himself which could lead to his death.
In the light of the above Aliyu Umaru was found culpable of being cruel to his son and has been charged to court accordingly.”
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