In a shocking turn of event, parents of the freed 300 male children allegedly chained, tortured and sexually assaulted at an Islamic school in Kaduna have protested the placement of their children in protective custody by the police.
The protesters, mostly women demanded for the immediate release of their children, voicing their support for the operators of the school and their methods.
They insisted the allegation by the police that the children were being sexually abused at the Islamic school was false.
Some of the mothers said there was nothing wrong with the Islamic school, wondering why the police decided to raid it.
The Kaduna State Command of the Police had on Thursday raided the Islamic school located in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of the state, freeing 300 male children in the process.
The police said some of the victims were from Burkina Faso, Mali and other African countries, adding that the students confessed to have been abused homosexually.
Some other victims were said to have been subjected to daily recitation of the Holy Quran and prayers with torture.
