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.
It was learnt that while Harrison is 19 years old,
Ezeorji is just 14. It was 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.
It was also gathered that while Ezeorji was a Senior Secondary School
pupil 1 in Igando High School, Ikotun Road, Harrison had finished secondary
school education.
It was 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.
On a visit to 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, said 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.”
On a visit to 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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