Suraj
Abiodun, an inmate had barely settled down in the police
cell that night when four sweaty men pounced on him, stripped off his
shorts and forced him to lie down on his back. Like ravening wolves, two of the men
clutched his hands to the ground, the other two held on to his throat,
and in turn, they forced their manhoods into his private parts. Their victim screamed and screamed, but no one came to his aid.
It was a traumatic night for the 27-year-old who was recently thrown into police custody at
Mushin, Lagos, on allegation of theft, but has since been released.
Abiodun, who narrated his ordeal to our
correspondent during the week, said he was abused until morning of his
second day in the cell and had to cry out to the policemen on duty to
change the cell for him.
He explain:
“All my life, I had never seen a thing
like that. I’m not gay. I don’t know why they were attracted to me,” “It was my first day in the police cell. All night long, I was
sexually abused by the men, who should be my age-mates or a bit older
than me. I had never seen them in my life.”
“I was screaming all night
long, but maybe the officers on duty didn’t hear me because of the way I
was suppressed by the gay inmates. They held on to my throat until I
couldn’t speak out again. I could not understand why men like me would
be attracted to me. I thought I was mad.
“The following morning, I begged the
policemen who came to check up on us to change the cell for me. They
asked me why they should do my bidding and I told them everything. At a
point, I just couldn’t talk again and couldn’t stand properly.
“I guess that was when they knew I was
serious about what I told them. They had to take me to a hospital where I
was treated. My manhood was almost damaged. I was feeling the pain all
through when I was in the cell. I almost died.”
Few days later, Abiodun said he was
bailed out of police custody and had vowed never to do anything that
would make him to be arrested again.
“I never knew there are mad inmates in
police cell until my encounter with them. I don’t know why they had to
involve me since they’re all gay. They should have been sleeping with
themselves. However, I will never do anything that will make me to be
arrested by policemen again,” the Ogun State indigene said. “Right now, I
plan to be more serious with my life and shun every form of
hooliganism. I am learning carpentry now and I’m okay with it.”
Asked whether he knew what the policemen
at the station did to the men who raped him, Abiodun said, “I don’t
really know. I was taken to a hospital after that night for treatment.
When I returned, I was taken to a different cell where there were normal
people. I wouldn’t know whether the officers took my words seriously
and investigated the matter.”
At the same police station in Mushin, another ex-police detainee told Saturday PUNCH how a fellow male inmate fondled with his manhood while he was asleep in custody.
Settling down to a bowl of pepper soup
and chilled drink at a bar where he agreed to speak with our
correspondent, the 30-year-old, simply called Olawuwo, said he could not
believe what he experienced while in cell.
He narrated, “I was arrested sometime
last year for allegedly causing trouble in the community, and it was a
mistake. I am not a troublemaker because we don’t have a troublemaking
blood in my family. I was outside, hanging out with my friends that
night when the police rounded us up. They said we constituted nuisance
to the community and that we had been reported.
“One cannot argue with the police when
they are talking or else they could even say one did what one never did.
I had to follow them. We were taken to Mushin police station, where I
was kept in custody. I think I spent three days in the cell before I was
released on bail. Spending just three days in the cell was like
sleeping and waking in hell. I couldn’t have good dreams.
“But on the second night or so, that’s
when I saw a fellow inmate who had been staring at me ever since my
first day in the cell. I noticed that he was holding his manhood each
time he stared at me. The guy must be insane. I did not bother to show
interest in what he was doing.
“It was in the night when I confirmed he
was gay. I was trying to catch some sleep on the floor when I perceived
someone was all over me. He had brought out his manhood and playing
with mine. I quickly woke up and gave him a hot slap. He never believed
it. I told him, ‘I’m not a girl, mate.’ That was when he backed off.”
In the country, the Same-Sex Marriage
Prohibition Act criminalises all forms of same-sex unions and same-sex
marriage and persons charged with committing the acts face a maximum
penalty of 14 years imprisonment.
Homosexuality Victims share agonizing tales of sexual assaults by fellow male inmates in Prison
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