The South West security outfit, Amotekun, claims it has arrested two men caught having sex in Ondo State.
Amotekun, officially known as the Western Nigeria Security Network, is founded primarily to combat violent crimes like kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism.
Curiously, the security outfit appears to have become moral police. In December 2020, the Osun Command of Amotekun warned that it would start arresting any individual who dresses indecently, and those who degrade the Yoruba language.
Although homosexuality is a crime in Nigeria and punishable with prison terms upon conviction, the Amotekun was not set up to deal with such infractions.
Notwithstanding, the Amotekun on March 5, announced that it arrested two homosexuals, duo of Seyi Balogun, also known as Amunidara, 42, and Tosin Arifalo,18, at Kajola in Ijoka area of Akure for indecent sexual behaviours.
Speaking to newsmen, Balogun, a native of Isua Akoko, claimed that it was Tosin that lured him into the act.
“I was never into it before, it was Tosin that came to me saying he loved me. I don’t like the homosexual act, he seduced me, he lured me into it. I told him to give me rest of mind, but when he was threatening me I have to obey him. Since then, we have been having sex together. What I can say is that the devil caused it, and I have warned him not to come to my house again,” he said.
However, Tosin from Iro in Akure, said he was lured by Balogun into having sex with him three times.
Tosin stated that anytime Balogun wanted to have sex with him, he would take him to his house at Kajola in Ijoka.
He further said that Balogun introduced him to one of his friends, Olojijo, who had sex with him many times.
Both men have been handed over to the Ondo Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for investigation and prosecution.