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Delta: Police Uncover HK Torture House, Rescue 7 Boys, Arrest Two
Delta State Police Command has uncovered and dismantled a suspected torture apartment operating under the guise of Hustlers Kingdom (HK), where seven young boys were reportedly held against their will and subjected to severe physical abuse in the name of “learning yahoo yahoo,” a local term for internet fraud.
Ejes Gist News reports that the operation followed a tip-off from one of the victims, a 28-year-old identified as Chukwuike, who escaped by jumping from a window to seek help from authorities.
Chukwuike, who had reportedly spent two months and one day in the apartment, described extreme mistreatment. “We don’t eat. Sometimes, we eat once in a day and then stay four days again without food. We don’t have access to our phones.
Anytime we tell the chairman that we want to go, he beats us with cane and refuses to let us leave. That was why I jumped from the window to report to the Police. The marks on my back were done by my chairman because we didn’t have a paying client,” he recounted.
Another victim, a 23-year-old from Benue State, said he had been held for only one month but was prevented from leaving despite informing the “chairman” on his first day that he wanted to return home.
SP Bright Edafe, Delta Police spokesperson, confirmed that the boys were routinely flogged, leaving deep wounds. “You need to see the boy’s back,” he said, emphasizing the severity of the abuse.
Acting swiftly on the tip-off, operatives of the Delta State Police Command raided the apartment, rescuing all seven victims. Two suspects, who identified themselves as the “chairmen” of the HK ring, were arrested during the operation.
The victims are now receiving medical attention, while the suspects remain in police custody pending investigation. Authorities said they will be charged with offences including human trafficking, unlawful detention, physical assault, and exploitation.
SP Edafe urged parents, guardians, and young Nigerians to remain vigilant against the growing proliferation of HK-style criminal hideouts. He stressed that the Police Command will continue to raid and dismantle such operations across the state to protect vulnerable youths.
“The Delta State Police Command is committed to intensifying its crackdown on syndicates preying on our youth. Our primary focus is safeguarding the welfare of children and young adults who are at risk of exploitation,” Edafe added.
Ejes Gist News gathered that the investigation is ongoing, and authorities are working to identify other similar networks across Delta State.
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday abducted the Head of the Medical Services, General Hospital, New Bussa in Borgu Local Government Area of Niger State, Dr. Tony Eghagagara.
The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the incident in a statement on Friday in Minna.
Abiodun said Eghagagara was kidnapped at 9:30 p.m. by the hoodlums in his private hospital in Wawa, also in Borgu LGA.
He added that a police tactical team had been mobilised for the rescue operation.
The Nigeria Police Force on Friday said it has dismantled a notorious armed robbery syndicate in Kaduna State, arresting a dismissed soldier and two other suspects.
The suspects, identified as Abubakar Musa, 36; Hassan Umar, 30; and Joshua Raphael, 20, were apprehended by operatives of the Force Intelligence Department – Special Tactical Squad (FID-STS) on March 16, 2026.
Announcing in a statement signed by the Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Okon Placid, it disclosed that the ringleader, Musa, is a dismissed Army Corporal who had been posing as a serving personnel to facilitate the gang’s criminal operations.
Placid said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the principal suspect, Abubakar Musa, is a dismissed Corporal of the Nigerian Army who has been impersonating a serving soldier to evade detection while carrying out armed robbery operations with his accomplices.”
According to the police, the syndicate specialized in snatching vehicles and altering their registration details to prevent tracking by the original owners or security agencies.
Items recovered from the suspects include ten vehicles of various brands. Among the recovered fleet are Toyota Hilux trucks, Toyota Corolla cars, a Toyota RAV4 SUV, a Lexus car, a Pontiac Vibe GT, and a Honda vehicle.
The police noted that several of the vehicles were discovered without registration numbers at the time of the recovery.
The Force PRO added that efforts are currently being intensified to arrest other fleeing members of the gang.
“Investigations are ongoing to apprehend other fleeing members of the syndicate and recover additional exhibits,” the statement added.
The Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Disu, commended the operatives for the breakthrough and reiterated the Force’s commitment to protecting the lives and property of Nigerians.
A 40-year-old woman, Isoken Idunueko, was on Friday arraigned at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for failing to return N2,040 mistakenly sent to her bank account by a third party.
The defendant, who lives in the Elebu area, Ibadan, is charged with theft.
She, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The prosecutor, Foluke Adedosu, told the court that the defendant, in February at Oke-Itunu, Mokola, Ibadan, stole N2,040 that was mistakenly sent to her Zenith Bank account No. 2111699080.
Ms Adedosu alleged that she refused to return the money to the owner when the complainant, Sandra Okwueze, contacted her.
She said the offence contravened section 383 and was punishable under section 390(9) of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.
The magistrate, A. T. Oyediji, admitted her to bail of N500,000 with two sureties to post the same bond.
Ms Oyediji said one of the sureties must be a landed property owner who lives in the house.
She, thereafter, adjourned the matter until June 2 for hearing.
(NAN)
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