The Lagos State Police Command has arrested
two teenage boys, Gideon Harrison and Ifeanyi
Ezeorji, for allegedly having sex with each other
PunchMetro learnt that while Harrison is 19
years old, Ezeorji is just 14. Our correspondent
gathered that the two boys were arrested on
October 23 by the Ikotun Police Division.
According to the police, Harrison and Ezeorji
had sex with each other through the anus, an
act known as sodomy.
Our correspondent also gathered that while
Ezeorji was a Senior Secondary School pupil 1
in Igando High School, Ikotun Road, Harrison
had finished secondary school education.
Punch Metro learnt that the complainant, one
Toheeb Adekunle, who stays on Muka Street,
Ijegun Road and works inside the Ikotun Motor
Park, caught the two boys in the act, and
reported the matter to the police. Adekunle was
said to have told the police that Harrison had
the habit of sleeping with boys in the area.
When our correspondent visited the area on
Friday, a police source said the two boys had
been taken to the State Criminal Investigations
Department, Yaba, adding that they would be
charged to court soon.
At Ezeorji's family apartment on Oladunjoye
Street, Ikotun, his mother, Mrs. Chinyere
Ezeorji, told Punch Metro that her son was a
responsible boy who would never indulge in
such an act. She added that he is still a virgin.
She said, "My son is just 14 years old. He does
not do such things. He is not even mature yet.
He takes his bath outside, some times in the
presence of his sisters to tell you that he is
young. His father had died in September this
year, and we are yet to bury him. The family is
still grieving him. All I know is that there is no
truth in the allegation.
"I don't know about the other man. I have not
even met him. On the day of the alleged
incident, my son had strolled to the motor park,
and there was a street fight. My son then told
me later on that he was simply watching the
fight, and he had been arrested by the police."
When our correspondent visited Adekunle's
house address on Ijegun Road, his neighbours
said he was no longer living in the place as he
had moved to an unknown place in Ikotun. All
efforts to also locate Harrison's house or his
family for comment were unsuccessful as of the
time of this report.
The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer,
DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the
arrest of the boys, said the suspects had also
been charged to court.
He said, "Yes, they were arrested by the Ikotun
Police Division, and they have been charged to
court. In law, this offence is called sodomy, and
it carries with it about seven to 14 years
imprisonment if found guilty, going by an Act of
the National Assembly.
"You know, it is even against culture and
religion. The Christian, Islamic and even the
traditional religions condemn this in its entirety.
So, the case has been taken to court."
No comments:
Post a Comment