Lagos Police Arrests Man, 32, For Allegedly Infecting Boy, 16, With HIV And Pimping Him Out To Gay Pastors
Lagos state police have arrested a man believed to be the leader of a gay group, and a teenager for engaging in homosexuality.
Prince Chinecherem, 32, is the ringleader of a gay gang who engage in
their illegal acts in Lekki, Lagos police claim. He was arrested
alongside a 16-year-old boy.
According to Lagos state Police Commissioner Imohimi Edgal,
Chinecherem was using the teenager as a commercial sex worker. Not only
was Chinecherem having sex with the boy, he was also pimping him out to
other gay men.
Edgal added that both Chinecherem and the teenager were found to be
HIV positive after a test was carried out, which means their customers
are likely to have contracted same through them.
The police have declared two prominent male pastors and some business
executives wanted for allegedly having gay sex with the teenager, – a
minor.
It was gathered that Chinecherem during interrogation, gave the
identities of other members of the group including the prominent persons
being hunted.
Explaining how Chinecherem and the teenager were arrested, Edgal told
newsmen that a teenager was seen sneaking out of Chinecherem’s house at
Ejigbo in a suspicious manner on the 22nd of January.
Suspicious neighbours approached him and asked what he had gone to do in
the house but he could not give a satisfactory answer.
The neighbours asked him to open a bag he was carrying and in it was used condoms with semen inside.
Edgal added:
At this point, the boy revealed that Prince Chinecherem was his
lover. The matter was immediately reported to the Police at Ejigbo and
the said Prince Chinecherem was arrested for interrogation.After preliminary investigation, the matter was called for further enquiry by the Gender Section of the Command.
Both the suspects and the survivor were taken for medical examination
and the result revealed that the survivor has long been introduced to
homosexual act. The worst is that both of them are infected with HIV
virus which causes AIDS.
Edgal said the suspects would be charged to Sexual and Special
Offences Court in Ikeja and that the boy had been sent to health
counselors for health talk on how to manage the situation.
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