A GANG OF SIX GAYS ARRESTED IN BENIN CITY!

The Nigeria Police have has arrested six men for allegedly engaging in acts of homosexuality in different areas of 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 zonal anti-vice agents.

Musa Daura listed the suspects with their age  as;
1. Festus Osagiede (24)
2. Hyacinth Imahanrebhor (20)
3. Itama Omon (25)
4. Onwukwe Prince (28)
5. Monye Chukwuma (23)
6. 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, Musa Daura (AIG, police) describe the incident as an ugly one - said the victims form gangs in order to commit the crime (homosexuality) which is a taboo to humanity. The AIG further said that "The six (6) men gang will be taken to court for prosecution".