Two
irresponsible teenage boys, Gideon Harrison and Ifeanyi Ezeorji, have been
arrested by vigilant officers of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly
having sex with each other in the Ikotun area of Lagos.
SHOWBIZPLUng 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.
Our reporter 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, 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.”
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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