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Nigeria police rescue workers 'locked in rice factory'
The men slept inside the warehouse for about three months and were not allowed out.
Police in Nigeria have rescued more than 100 people they say were locked in a rice-processing factory and forced to work throughout a coronavirus lockdown in the northern city of Kano.
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(Photo: The men slept inside the warehouse for about three months and were not allowed out. Credit: Hamza Ibrahim)
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