The police in Abuja have arrested one Mohammed Sani, a 45-year-old bricklayer, for allegedly sodomising an 11-year-old boy in Mabuchi area of the city.

The victim, who is an apprentice at a mechanic workshop, reveals that his friend introduced him to Sani.

He added that whenever Sani had sex with him, he would give him N20 to buy biscuits and would warn him not to tell anyone about what transpired.

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The victim said,

“When I was at the workshop some months ago, my friend told me to come, saying someone had a job for us. When I got to the man’s place, he took off my clothes and raped me.

After he had finished, he gave me N20 to buy biscuits. He told me that if I told anyone, he would beat me. After that day, he continued to do it with me. Sometimes, he would give me N20, some other times he would give me N30.”

However, nemesis caught up with the suspect last Thursday when the victim returned home late and could not explain to his mother where he had been.

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According to his mother, Mrs Yakubu, she did not know that her son had been a victim of defilement for several months.

She added that when her son returned late from the workshop, she asked him where he had been and why the clothes he wore were different from the ones he put on when he was going to work.

Mrs Yakubu, who is a widow, said,

“I punished him and when he could no longer bear the punishment, he confessed that Sani had been sodomising him and had threatened to kill him if he exposed him.

“I was disappointed in my son because he used to tell me things. I never expected him to be so secretive.” 

Sani, who is married, however, said that it was the devil that pushed him to do it.

The bricklayer said he was ashamed of himself and asked his young wife to forgive him.

“I cannot really explain what came over me. I was not like this before,” he said.