A 16 -year - old boy , identified as Sadiqu Daura , who was confined to a cage for four years by his father because of his condition , has been allocated a room in the man ’ s house . Sadiqu ’s father , Mallam Salisu Daura, confirmed the development when a team from a non - government organisation , Save the Children , visited his house in Daura, Katsina State , on Tuesday . The organisation is at the forefront of those protecting the boy ’s interest to ensure that he lives a normal life . Salisu told the team , “I regret my actions and it’ll never happen again . The people , who took up this case , are not my enemies. They will live long , because I ’ll keep praying for their success . They ’ve helped me and I ’ve now realised my mistakes. “I don’t have enough rooms in the house as you can see . I didn ’ t put him in the cage to punish him or because I don’ t love him . It was just my way of allocating a room to him .” The father of 16 , who is also a tailor , showed Sadiqu ’s new room , which is about 90 per cent complete , to the team . Investigation revealed that Sadiqu ’s predicament started when he lost his mother six years ago . Being a cripple , he was then taken to his paternal grandmother , who also died shortly thereafter . Sadiqu was thereafter brought back to his father ’ s house and was put inside a cage because of his condition. It was learnt that a change agent of the Save the Children in Daura, Mallam Aminu Gambo, drew the attention of the organisation to Sadiqu ’s plight and the NGO consequently took it up .