The Police Command in Kano State has rescued 126 workers allegedly held hostage for three months at Popular Farms and Mills Limited located at Challawa Industrial Estate Kano.
The Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed the development in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Kano.
Haruna revealed that on June 21, at about 6:00 p.m a complaint was received from Global Community for Human Right Network Kano, that some labourers were wrongly confined inside the said Popular Farms and Mills Limited.
He gave the address of the firms as No. 54 Challawa Industrial Estate Kano.
“On receiving the information teams of Policemen were deployed and when search was conducted, 126 labourers trapped inside the Factory for three months were rescued,” he said.
According to him, four officials of the factory were arrested.
Haruna said that the Commissioner of Police, Mr Habu Ahmad, has ordered an investigation to unravel facts of the matter.
