LAGOS, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Nigerian police released 259 people
held captive at an Islamic rehabilitation centre in southwestern
city of Ibadan, a police spokesman said on Tuesday.
Oyo state police spokesman Fadeyi Olugbenga said the
facility was raided on Monday. "Yesterday, 259 persons were
released," he said, adding that they were locked in a building
and some were chained. More than 1,000 people have been released
from such centres in the last few weeks.