Muhammad Lawan known locally as Babangida was just a young man when his own father Mohammed Lawan allegedly began the unthinkable confining him leg-chained inside their family home.
Neighbors later whispered they had grown used to strange muffled sounds over the years.
For seventeen long years, Muhammad endured relentless neglect and restraint his body wasting away while his mind grappled with unending isolation.
No medical care, no kindness, no escape only the cold bite of chains and the slow erosion of hope.
The father reportedly justified the act claiming his son needed protection from himself though the true motive remains shrouded pending deeper probes.
This prolonged horror humanizes the devastating impact of unchecked parental power turning a child's trust into lifelong captivity.
The nightmare cracked open on February sixteen twenty twenty six when a courageous good Samaritan alerted authorities.
The Bauchi State Police Command acted swiftly.
SP Nafiu Habib the police spokesperson disclosed in a statement on Tuesday February 17, 2026, 'The Bauchi State Police Command has rescued a middle-aged man who was allegedly confined and leg-chained by his father for seventeen years.'
A team led by the DPO 'B' Division together with the Command's Police Public Relations Officer visited the scene in Shadawanka village of Bauchi LGA and successfully rescued the very emaciated victim.
"On 16th February 2026 at about 1620hrs information was received from a good Samaritan that one Muhammad Lawan popularly known as Babangida had been confined by his biological father Mohammed Lawan in his house for seventeen years without care," the statement continued.
Police immediately arrested the father who now sits in custody while Muhammad was rushed to hospital for urgent medical attention and rehabilitation on the orders of Commissioner of Police CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu.
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