Nigerian police have freed 259 people being held at an Islamic rehabilitation center in the southwestern city of Ibadan, police said on Tuesday, adding that some complained of being beaten regularly by their captors.
It was the latest in a series of raids on Islamic institutions in
Nigeria in recent weeks. More than 1,000 people, many of them children, have been rescued in total.
Many captives have said they were physically and sexually abused and chained up to prevent them escaping.
The raids are increasingly embarrassing for President Muhammadu Buhari, a Muslim who has called on police to crack down on such centers.
Other sites raided in major police operations have been in the mostly Muslim north of the country. Ibadan is located in the south, which is mostly Christian.
Oyo state police spokesman Fadeyi Olugbenga said the facility was raided on Monday at around 2 p.m.
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