The Nigeria Police have arrested six
men for allegedly engaging in acts of homosexuality in different areas within
Benin, the Edo State capital.
The Assistant Inspector General of
Police in charge of Zone 5, AIG Musa Daura, who paraded the suspects on
Thursday, said that they were arrested on May 9, 2016, by operatives of the
zonal anti-vice section.
Daura listed the suspects to include
Festus Osagiede (24), Hyacinth Imahanrebhor (20), Itama Omon (25), Onwukwe
Prince (28), Monye Chukwuma (23) and Osadebe Kelvin (26), adding they
confessed to have been committing the crime since 2006.
According to him, one of them,
Osagiede, said to be the leader of the gang, first committed the crime when he
had carnal knowledge of the third suspect after attending a Benin night
club in 2006.
“After the
third suspect (Itama) got drunk, Festus Osagiede took him to his house and
forcefully had carnal knowledge of him.
“Since then, they have been
committing the crime with others at large until May, 2016, when luck ran out of
them and they swooped on by zonal detectives,” Daura said.
The youngest
among the suspects, Hyacinth, said that he was forced into the act by Osagiede,
whom he claimed also threatened to kill him if he disclosed it to anyone.
He said, “It
all happened late last year, when I was returning from a birthday party at
night. I was unable get public transport back home.
“I met Festus
on my way; he asked me why I was roaming about. I said that I could pass the
night at his place.
“That night, he touched me. In the
course shouting at him, he forcefully penetrated me and it got me sick.
“He said that if I told anybody, he
knows where to find me and my family, that he would kill me.”
However, the
AIG who described the crime as a disturbing trend, said many of the
perpetrators formed cliques, saying the suspects would be charged to court on
Friday.
“You would agree with me that this
offence is an offence against humanity and nature, an abominable act that
should be condemned in every ramification by all,” he said.
Culled
from Punch
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