Police Rescue 600 Workers From Kano Rice Factory

police Rescue 600 Workers From Kano Rice Factory

The Police in Kano have rescued over 600 labourers who were forced to spend three months in a factory called ‘popular farm rice’ in Challawa industrial area.

The workers said they were threatened with their jobs if they opted to go home to see their families.

Members of the Kano police command had stormed the factory after obtaining a court injunction, a situation that led to the arrest of four managers and release of the detained workers.

According to the workers, they were denied access outside the premises due to the fear of bringing COVID-19 into the factory.

One of the freed workers told journalists that he has been in the factory since March 23rd without setting his foot outside.

Another worker, Haruna Salihu said he had been in the factory since March 28 and was denied access to visit his family and parents. “Our family members are seriously disturbed as they don’t know the (condition we are in). My wife and my kids used to come to the factory’s gate and I couldn’t go and meet them”.