Islamic School In Kaduna Was Like 'Hell Fire' - Survivor Opens Up

One of the several survivors of the Kaduna 'torture house' raided by men of the Nigeria Police Force in the state last week has described being there as "living in hellfire".

"If you are praying they will beat you. If you are studying they will beat you," Isa Ibrahim, 29, told the BBC. Nearly 500 men and boys were rescued from the building in Kaduna, which was being used as an Islamic school and correctional facility.

The police said it was a place of human slavery, with many detainees found in chains. Some of the victims had been tortured and s*xually abused, the authorities say.

A sign on the front of the building describes it as the Ahmad bin Hambal Centre for Islamic teachings but it was also used by some as a place to reform young men with behavioural problems.