Detectives
attached to Area ‘D’ of the Lagos State police command have rescued a young man
who was allegedly chained by his grandmother for over one year
in Mushin area
of the state.
It was
learnt that policemen, led by Akinbayo Olasoji, an Assistant Commissioner of
Police, acted on a tip-off from some residents of the community, who noticed
the man in chains.
The officer
led detectives to the place and rescued the young man yesterday. The victim,
identified as Bolaji Sholola, was rescued at No. 18, Damigoro Street, where he
had been incarcerated in chains for over a year.
It was
gathered that the 85-year-old grandmother of the victim told the state
Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fatai Owoseni, who was at the house that she
chained the victim because he was mentally unstable.
“I chained
him in order to ensure that he does not go astray and be attacked by residents
and to also take good care of him,” the grandmother claimed. The Area Commander
of Area ‘D’, Olasoji, has taken the victim to the psychiatric hospital in Yaba
for prompt medical attention.
When
contacted, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Olarinde
Famous-Cole, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, promised to get back to The
Guardian but never did.
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