The
Lagos State Police Command has arrested two teenage boys, Gideon
Harrison and Ifeanyi Ezeorji, for allegedly having sex with each other
in the Ikotun area of Lagos. 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. 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 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 have 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.”
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