26 persons rescued by Police from a strange mental home in Osun State
This was
revealed by Mr. OLafimihan Adeoye, the State Commissioner of Police on Sunday in Osun
State Capital, Osogbo.
He said the
victims were dehumanised under the guise of receiving treatment for mental
illness, adding that four persons connected with the home had been arrested
The CP, who
said that the 26 victims had been taken to hospital for medical attention, said
that three of them had died.
“At about 4
PM on Thursday, we received information of the existence of a camp in Iwo,
where some sick persons were being treated in a dehumanised manner.
“On
receiving the information, we contacted the necessary agencies of government to
join us to visit the place and arrested four persons who are currently
undergoing interrogation.
“About 26
fellows were found in the camp and had been taken to the hospital for necessary
medical care.
“We also
discovered that two of them have passed on just yesterday; I have just been
informed that when conveying them to the hospital, another one gave up the
ghost.
“So, we now
have three of them that are dead. But, we hope that further investigation will
reveal some other things,’’ Adeoye said.
The CP said
the police would investigate the matter with a view of determining the
culpability of those involved in setting up the camp.
“For now,
the state government has taken up the responsibility to ensure that those
rescued are effectively taken care of,’’ he said
The
suspected owner of the camp, Kamardeen Akanmu, claimed the camp was a spiritual
healing centre for mentally challenged persons.
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