The police command in Kaduna says it has invited five persons to assist them in their investigation over the locking up of a 67-year-old man for 20 years in Kaduna.

Its spokesman, Mohammed Jalige, stated this on Wednesday.

The victim, Ibrahim Ado, was allegedly locked up in a room in Bayajidda/Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Kaduna North local government area on Wednesday.

Mr Jalige told journalists that the incident was reported to the police community health workers on duty in the afternoon at Bayajidda by Ibrahim Taiwo Road in Kaduna.

“When we went to the scene, we found the man naked. We gave him clothes to wear and brought him out and took him to hospital for medical evaluation,” he said.

Police commissioner Yekini Ayoku ordered a full-scale investigation to be carried out to unravel the true position and cause of the inhuman treatment of the man.

“We were made to understand that the man had children and a wife who were nowhere to be found, the people we met in the compound and the neighbouring houses, we believe, will assist us in getting the true position of the whole scenario,” said the police spokesman.

He added, “We will work together with the medical doctors to obtain their report on the man’s health status. What matters now is to get the man alive and make him comfortable, and we have succeeded in doing that.”

(NAN)