The
Nigeria Police have has arrested six men for allegedly engaging in acts of
homosexuality in different areas of Benin, the Edo state capital.
There were arrested for constraining
homosexual acts on Monday by local anti-vice agents – The suspected homosexuals
face a number of charges and will be arraigned in court next week
Daura listed the suspects as 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, Osagiede, said to
be the leader of the gay 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,” the policeman said.
“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.”
The youngest suspect, 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.
“It all happened late last year,
when I was returning from a birthday party at night. I was unable get public
transport back home,” Hyacinth said.
“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,
adding they would be charged in court on Friday.
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