By Maris Oghogho
It was a mini-drama yesterday when two young men, Nnaemeka Ugochukwu Samuel and Oladeji Paul were dragged naked before the Okota area market square in Lagos for their alleged involvement in gay practice .
The Okota Community Youth Leader, Balogun Olamikun who told our correspondent that the group was alerted of the nefarious and ungodly act of the duo by a lady who claimed to be the wife of Nnaemeka Ugochukwu (one of the suspects) said the Vigilante stormed the hotel they were logged and behold, they were caught in the act.
It was gathered that the two suspects were traced to a local hotel in the Okota axis of Lagos by members of the Community Local vigilante group who in deed caught them red-handed and angrily unleashed physical pain on the alleged gay suspects
While scooping for news, the Crusaders Voice scooped that cases of homosexuals, gays and lesbianism have become so prevalent in Lagos and its environs and that . the majority of the indigenes frown at same for being anti-social and against the belief and custom of the people.
it is against their community for people to engage in gay practice which is also not accepted in any Nigerian society.
According to Balogun Olamikun who claimed that the unnatural practice is against their natural belief and as such must not be practiced anywhere around thier community.
The alleged gay persons Nnaemeka Ugochukwu Samuel and his partner Oladeji Paul who were physically assaulted admitted being gay and attest to the fact that they have been into it for closed to a decade.
The duo also claimed that they actually moved into the siren Okota area of Lagos to seek refuge as they have previously been lynched by some irate youths in the Badagry part of Lagos few months ago.
Our correspondent further gathered that the condemnation of gay practice in Lagos and other parts of Nigeria has nothing to do with ethnicity or tribe as most religions’ faiths in Nigeria infact consider it ‘sinful’ and ‘abnormal’,
An eye witness who pleaded anonymity, said he knows Nnaemeka Ugochukwu Samuel as a notorious homosexual guy in the area and that most people in the neighborhood do avoid having anything to do with him for fear of not being tagged as a member also. He stated further that it was only recently he started seeing the second boy in the area.
As at the time of this report, the Okota community elders has since invited the police to come and rescue the duo of Nnaemeka Ugochukwu Samuel and Paul Oladeji from the hands of the vigilante who are bent on serving the duo with jungle justice which could lead to their death.