Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Jigawa State Command arrested a couple after allegedly locking their 25-year-old daughter in a cage for five years.
The NSCDC’s spokesperson in Jigawa, Adamu Shehu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the girl’s father, Garba Musa, 67, and her stepmother, Aisha Abubakar, both residents of Takur Site, Dutse, were arrested by the NSCDC operatives for violence against the person.
Mr Shehu said the arrest followed a complaint lodged at the NSCDC State Command Headquarters by a human rights activist from the suspect’s neighbours.
