• Denies Ritual Intentions

• Safiu Kehinde

A Lagos-based hotelier and Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites, Ejigbo, simply identified as Macdonald, has confessed to the sexual abuse of a 16-year-old boy following his arrest by the Zone 2 Police Command.

The suspect confessed to the crime in a video shared on Instagram during interrogation.

He denied claims of 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.

“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.

“I am telling you the truth officer. It is only sex I had with him. I never take anything, any oath against this boy for ritual.

“My money is clean. It’s only sex. I swear with my life. I’m making a sincere confession that I didn’t use anybody for any ritual in this life and will never do it.” He said.

According to reports, the boy’s father, Edozie Christian, a spare parts dealer at Ladipo market, reported the incident to the police, leading to the suspect’s arrest.

Christian narrated how 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.

Following his arrest, 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.

The Zonal Public Relations Officer, CSP Umma Ayuba, said the suspect allegedly committed an act against the order of nature.

His arrest followed 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 spokesman 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.