Credit: Kemi Filani
Two teenage boys, Gideon Harrison, 19 and Ifeanyi Ezeorji, 14, have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for having sex with each other in the Ikotun area of Lagos.
They were arrested on October 23 by the Ikotun Police Division after one of the neighbours, Toheeb Adekunle who caught them in the act, reported them. Adekunle was said to have told the police that Harrison had the habit of sleeping with boys in the area.
Police report say Harrison and Ezeorji had sex with each other through the anus, an act known as sodomy. The two boys have since been taken to the State Criminal Investigations Department, Yaba, but the parents of the younger one claim he is innocent.
Speaking with punch, his mother, Mrs. Chinyere Ezeorji, said that her son is still a virgin.
“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.”
Confirming the report however, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, 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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