An hotelier and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites, Ejigbo, Lagos, simply identified as Macdonald, has been arrested and paraded by the Zone 2 Police Command for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old secondary school boy.
The suspect denied using the boy for rituals but admitted to having sex with him twice.
According to the boy’s father, Edozie Christian, a spare parts dealer at Ladipo market, the suspect lured his son and four other teenagers to his hotel, where he sodomised them and warned them that they would die if they revealed the incident to anyone.
The boy’s father reported the incident to the police, leading to the suspect’s arrest.
Speaking after being arrested in a video shared by TVC News on Thursday, the hotelier swore that he did not use the boy for rituals, but he had sex with him twice.
He said, “I swear with my life, that it is only sex that I had with him (Chiagoziem), that I never used him for any ritual. I swear in the name of my late parents that are in the grave, I swear with my children that I never did anything ritual it was just sex.”
The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State on Wednesday paraded Macdonald before newsmen at the command headquarters, Onikan, Lagos over allegations of unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old boy.
According to the Zonal Public Relations Officer, CSP Umma Ayuba, the suspect allegedly committed an act against the order of nature.
The development follows a petition dated January 23, submitted to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade, by the father of the 16-year-old victim.
“The petition alleged that the suspect engaged in unlawful sexual acts with the minor.
“Upon receipt of the petition, Fayoade assigned CSP. Bangajiya Uba to conduct a discreet investigation into the matter.
“The victim, initially fearful of speaking out due to threats allegedly made by the suspect, confided in his mother.
“He recounted that the suspect warned him that disclosing the incident would result in him losing his sanity,” Ayuba said.
The Zone 2 PRO said that having been reassured by his mother, the victim detailed how the suspect had sexual intercourse with him.
The victim narrated how the suspect had taken him from the hotel in his vehicle to his residence at No. 4B, Oshoba Street, Akowonjo-Egbeda, Lagos, where he was forcefully subjected to unlawful sexual acts.
“Following the incident, the suspect allegedly provided the victim with a bottle of Lucozade Boost and N5000 cash.
“Upon this revelation, the victim’s parents reported the matter to the Isheri-Osun Police Division, ” Ayuba said.
The PRO said that investigations were initiated but rather than cooperating with law enforcement officers, he suspect refused to honour police invitations and instead attempted to manipulate the process.
“Seeing that the accused was seeking to evade justice, the victim’s father escalated the matter to the Zone 2 Command Headquarters, where the hotelier was subsequently apprehended.
“To ascertain the veracity of the claims, the victim underwent medical examination at Mirabel Medical Centre, ” she said.
Ayuba revealed that a key witness, a close friend of the victim who was present at the hotel during the incident, has corroborated the allegations, further substantiating the victim’s account.