The people of Jere town in Kagarko Local Government Area of Kaduna State have said mentally ill persons were being brought from other places and dumped in the town.
They suspected that the mentally ill persons were brought from the Federal Capital Territory.
The patron of the Jere Emirate Security Committee, Abdulkarim Sulaiman, disclosed this to DAILY TRUST.
Sulaiman, who is the Yeriman Jere, said such persons were brought into the area in the night and dumped on the road which links the town with Kagarko or Bwari highway, respectively.
“From there, some of them would move to Jere, Kagarko, or Iche communities, disturbing the life of our people, as you would find some of them aggressive, or naked.
“They are both males and females, mostly young. This is unfair to our community,’’ he said.
It would be recalled that the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike set up a special joint task force to rid Abuja of beggars and insane people.
The task force had said beggars arrested who are not ready to be empowered via skill acquisition would be repatriated to their states of origin, it was silent on what happens to the insane people.
The Secretary, FCT Command and Control Centre, Dr Peter Olumiji, has not reacted to the development as he could not be reached as at press time.
