Delta State Police Command has uncovered and dismantled an al1eged torture apartment operated under the guise of Hustlers Kingdom (HK), where seven young boys were reportedly held against their will and subjected to severe physical abûse in the name of “learning yahoo yahoo,” otherwise known as internet fraud.
The Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent of Police, SP Bright Edafe, who made this known in a video posted on his Facebook page, said the Police swung into action after receiving a complaint from one of the vict!ms, a 28-year-old identified as Chukwuike, who escaped by jumping out of a window to seek help.
According to the v!ctim, he had been held in the apartment for “two months and one day.” He a1leged that the operators of the apartment routinely fl0gged the boys with cañe and denied them fo0d.
He said: “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 cañe 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.”
Another victim, a 23-year-old from Benue State, said he had only spent one month in the apartment but was prevented from leaving despite informing the “chairman” on his first day that he wanted to return home.
According to Edafe, the boys were routinely whipped, leaving deep w0unds. “You need to see the boy’s back,” he added, describing the level of bruta1ity uncovered.
Acting swiftly on the tip-off, operatives of the Command invaded the location, rescuing all seven vict!ms. Two susp3cts, who identified themselves as the “chairmen” of the HK ring, were arr3sted during the operation.
The vict!ms are currently receiving medical attention, while the susp3cts remain in custody as investigations continue. The police said they will be charged with offences bordering on human traff!cking, unlawful detenti0n, physical a$sault, and exp1oitation.
SP Edafe cautioned parents, guardians and young Nigerians about the growing proliferation of HK-style criminal hideouts, stressing that the Command will continue to ra!d and d!smantle such operations across the state.
The Delta State Police Command also v0wed to intensify its crackdown on syndicates preying on and endangering vulnerable youths.
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