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| Ibrahim Idris, Inspector Genera of Police |
Recently, it was reported that the cases of gay practice has
become rampant in the area despite tough penalty victims suffer when caught in
the act.
We learnt that Ada, 18 years and her lesbian friend,
Blessing 21, have been under watchful eyes without their knowledge until the
faithful day when they were caught. They are students of a government secondary
school in the area.
They were quickly taken away by police to escape being
killed as penalty anybody caught in such act suffers in the area.
It could be recalled that a young man suffered same fate in
the area some years back when he and his gay partner were caught.
A man who spoke on the condition of anonymity said, “The
spate of the practice is becoming worrisome in the area, and we found it
disgracing seeing young children of less than twenty years involved in gay
practice. They wanted to desecrate our land, and this we shall not accept. The
Bible is against it and we shall too vehemently.”
Recounting same event
that claimed the life of a young man in the area, he said, “It was a black
Friday on15th of January 2014 when Onima James was gruesomely murdered having
been caught in the act with his fellow gay partner named Mr. Ogboli Henry, 29
years old who happened to be an assistant area pastor in The Glorious Church of
Christ, Sapele Parish, Delta State, Nigeria.
“Mr. Ogboli who hailed from Aniocha South LG invited his
close friend to a popular hotel in Sapele where they were caught by the manager
of the hotel who raised alarm over their homosexual act.
Immediately the news went round, irate crowd that gathered
descended on the duo while Mr. Ogboli Henry escaped; his sex partner was
unfortunate as he was seriously beating and this resulted to his untimely
death.”
Despite wild condemnation against jungle justice gay suffers,
yet people caught in such act are never spared and this has resulted to many untimely
death of youngsters.
This was the case of Onima James and Ogboli Henry. Though
Henry was fortunate to have escaped, but his partner could not.
We learnt the family charged the Nigeria Police force to go
after those that were behind his death; especially some of the staff of the
hotel who blew the whistle on them but no arrest was made so far based on
record.
Having lost their son and properties worth millions of
naira, members of the family said, the community was being unfair to them
because it was an act between two people, while they suffered, the Pastor who
lured their son to the act escaped and his where about still unknown while their
family suffered all alone.
