Man sodomises 11-year-old boy, blames it on herbs

A 25-year-old man, Yusuf Bello, has confessed to luring an 11-year-old boy to a public toilet and sodomising him, TopNaija reports.

Sodomy is generally anal or oral sex between people or sexual activity between a person and a non-human animal, but it may also mean any non-procreative sexual activity.

Bello said this followed his inability to control his libido after consuming a concoction he bought from a herbalist in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital. He claimed that the mixture was to cure his stomach ache.

“The herbalist told me that the medicine had no side effects. But some hours after I took the medication, my manhood became hard.

“I did all I could to control it, but my effort was in vain, as it kept rising. So, I went to a toilet. While I was there, I saw a boy who also wanted to use the toilet. I asked him to come in and I had anal sex with him to relieve the tension,” he added.

The Commandant of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Nassarawa State Command, Dr Muhammad Fari, said the suspect was apprehended immediately after the act.

He noted that the command also arrested two suspected rapists, who allegedly defiled two girls, aged six and seven, respectively. Fari said a man, who allegedly impregnated a 13-year-old girl who is now pregnant for seven months, was also arrested.

In a related development, the police in Nasarawa State have arrested a 25-year-old man, Paul Umaru, for allegedly abducting and defiling a 14-year-old girl in Masaka, in the Karu Local Government Area of the state.

The incident, which happened on May 5, 2020, led to the discovery of three other girls who were allegedly abducted and defiled by the suspect. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Bola Longe, confirmed the incident. Longe added that medical examination revealed that one of the girls was pregnant, adding that the case was under investigation at the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, Lafia.

Umaru said he was in love with the pregnant girl and planned to marry her.