A 67-year-old man, Ibrahim Ado, locked up in a room for over 20 years in Kaduna, has been discovered by environmental health officers of the Kaduna North Local Government Area who were in the house on official duty.

DSP Mohammed Jalige, the state police command spokesman, said the police rescued the man on Wednesday.

According to him, the man was found naked and locked up in a room at a house located on Bayajidda road in Kaduna. Residents of the building fled when a police team arrived the house.

Jalige explained that a thorough investigation would be conducted to get to the root cause of the matter.

According to Jalige, the victim had been taken to the hospital for medical evaluation.