Police arrest boy, 19 for sleeping with dog

The Edo State Command of the Nigeria Police on
Tuesday arrested a 19-year-old boy in Iguosa
community, Ovia North East local government area
of Edo State, for allegedly making love to a dog.The
young man, simply identified as Osagiator, was
said to have taken the dog to an uncompleted
building where he mated with it.The chamber of the
traditional head of Iguosa community in Ovia North
East local government area was besieged by
onlookers as the news of the bizarre incident
spread rapidly within the length and breath of the
community.A resident in the community, George
Ogbonmwan, while narrating how the teenager was
caught, said that he had seen the boy “romancing”
the dog and thought he wanted to steal it.So, he
decided to call the attention of the
owner.Ogbonmwan said that he was, however,
surprised to see the suspect having sexual
intercourse with the dog in an uncompleted
building, when he arrived with the owner at the
building.“When I saw the way the young man
carried the dog like a baby, I decided to tell the
owner.“I advised him to go towards the
uncompleted building but as he went to the building,
he caught the boy sleeping with his dog,” he
said.However, the suspect, who said he resided in
Uselu community in Benin, said that he was a
regular visitor in Iguosa community, where he
sought menial jobs.He alleged that he did not know
what came over him.He claimed that the dog
followed him as he walked along the street in the
community but took the animal to an uncompleted
building where he had sexual intercourse with the
animal.He said, “I was walking along the street. I
saw a dog following me and I carried it like a baby
and, thereafter, I decided to take it to an
uncompleted building where I did what I did to it.“It
was there that one man came into the building and
arrested me.”The owner of the dog, Garuba
Samari, who quickly disowned his pet, insisted that
the boy should be handed over to the security
agency, to decide what to do with him.“The dog
has to follow him.“I have nothing to do with the dog
again,” Samari said.The Odionwere of the
community, Pa Clifford Igiehon, and the scribe,
Festus Obadiaru, who described the act as an
abomination and called for a proper assessment of
the suspect, said the suspect had been handed
over to the police.“It is an abomination against the
community.“The young man came from Uselu
community in Benin City and don’t know why he
decided to commit the act here in the community,
he said.Confirming the incident, the Edo State
Police Public Relations Officer, Noble Uwoh, said
the suspect had been arrested and taken to the
state police headquarters for further
investigation.He, however, said the dog had since
been killed by the community.