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Police rescue 126 workers held hostage, arrest factory officials

Clement Daniel with Agency report
Clement Daniel with Agency report
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The police have rescued 126 workers allegedly held hostage for three months at the Popular Farms and Mills Limited located in Challawa Industrial Estate, Kano State.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the state command,  DSP Abdullahi Haruna, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday.

This is as he added that four officials of the factory had been arrested.

He explained that the rescue operation was carried out following a complaint on June 21, by Global Community for Human Right Network, Kano, that some labourers were wrongly held hostage inside the said Popular Farms and Mills.

The farm is said to be located at 54 Challawa Industrial Estate, Kano.

His words: “On receiving the information a team of policemen were deployed and when search was conducted, 126 labourers trapped inside the factory for three months were rescued.”

He added that the Commissioner of Police in the state,  Mr. Habu Ahmad, had ordered that investigation should be carried out on the case.

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