BENIN CITY- A middle aged man Mr Osahon Joe Aghimien an indigene of Usen in Ovia North East Local Government area of Edo State has cried out to the government and other security agencies to come to his aid over alleged threats to life and harassment by one top government official and a politician ( names withheld)
Even as he has also Alleged that the security agencies that are supposed to protect the common men in the society have compromised because of the person involved
Narrating the alleged threat , harassment to the journalists, through a telephone conversation, Mr Osahon Joe Aghimien is also a top management staff of one of the popular transport companies in Benin City , Iyare Motors Limited owned by his uncle
He added that by virtue of his position in the transport company, he was able to come in contact with various dignitaries across the country and beyond including the top government officials and politicians whom he said was introduced to him by his uncle in February 2022 , which then brought both his family and that of one of the top government official very close .
Continuing he said the problem started on the 5th day of November 2023 when his son by name Oghosa came home crying with several bruises all over his body from visiting the top government official son , on further prob he said it was the staff of the said government official that beat him and warned him never to come close to their son again
He said his wife and himself were in shock and could not understand why anyone would beat a child and inflict such a wound on him like that , disturb with the situation, he said he repeatedly asked his son what happened but it was not until the 10th day of November 2023 , after they returned from one of his son medical appointments that his son revealed to him that he was caught with the top government official’s son in his room kissing by his wife who then instructed her staff to beat him (Oghosa) up and accused him of coming to corrupt their son
“Oghosa’s revelation of his sexual orientation came to me and his mother as a surprise and a rude shock , but we were saddened by the fact that the top government official and politician wife took it upon herself to abuse our son in the manner she did ” he said
Mr Aghimien subsequently added on the 12th day of November 2023 , in the company of his wife went to see the top government in his house to express their displeasure over the manner their son was treated but instead of listening to them , walked them out , dismissive of their complaints, warning them to refrain from suggesting that his son was complicit in any homosexual interaction with their son Oghosa ,failing , he threatened to destroy them if they tried to scandalize any members of his family
According to Mr Osahon Joe Aghimien , with the treatment they received from the said top government official prompted him to write a complaint against him to the office of the president and the Inspector General of Police , on the 20th day of November,reporting on how the said government official and politician ordered his agents to beat up his 15 years old son
He noted that ” unfortunately,on the 19th day of December 2023 , I received a call from my brother informing me that Police Officers were seeking to find and arrest me in Nigeria for allegedly scandalizing the top government official and members of his family. My brother told me that police officers demanded to know the whereabouts of Oghosa , accusing him of counselling and promoting homosexuality,an act which is illegal in Nigeria”
He pointed out that the brother also informed him that the said government official and his cohorts are determined to persecute him and he is therefore apprehensive for his son and family’s safety on return to Nigeria hence the appeal to the authority to come to his aid for the safety of his family, especially given the corrupt and abusive nature of state agents in the country, he does not believe they will receive adequate protection from the police particularly given the status of the said top government official.
( Culled from the Nigerian Observer)
