Gay Suspect Under Trial Dies In Custody As Father Vows To Sue Community Over Complicity
Tension is reportedly brewing in Afasio community in Estako west local government area of Edo State after confirmed reports emerged that a gay suspect identified as Tajudeen Kennedy in police custody was reported dead while under trial for charges bothering on gross violation of the Same-sex Marriage Prohibition Act 2014 and indecent conduct in public.
It will be recalled that on September 20, 2024, 2 gay suspects were reportedly caught indulging in the sacrilegious act of same-sex practice under the cover of the night .
The 2 gay suspects are Stanley Esimikhe and Tajudeen Kennedy.
Stanley Esimikhe, who after he reportedly escaped arrest, was declared wanted by the Edo State Command of the Nigerian Police while his secret lover Tajudeen Kennedy was apprehended and consequently charged to court after he was severely tortured for desecrating the community.
Pa.Tajudeen Hassan, father of the arrested gay suspect, was said to have reportedly vowed to take the elders of Afasio community to court to seek legal redress over their complicity in the murder of his only surviving son who was said to have died from internal bleeding sustained from the torture by the irate mob in the community on September 20th.
He was said to have challenged the rationale behind the actions of the elders of the community who supported the torture and arrest of his only surviving child before he was reportedly confirmed dead from severe internal bleeding complications as he was not allowed to be given any form of medical treatment after his arrrest .
As tension between Pa.Tajudeen Hassan and elders of Afasio community assumed a different dimension, he grossly accused them of supporting the youths to murderously unalive his only surviving child while refusing to take drastic measures to clamp down on Stanley Esimikhe who is reportedly at large after the rather unfortunate incident of September 20th
He vowed to expose their conspiracy to shied Stanley Esimikhe from the long arm of the law after the sudden death of his only child adding that he was taking the matter up in court .
“My only child Tajudeen Kennedy was caught with his friend Stanley Esimikhe secretly indulging in the unlawful and sacrilegious act of same-sex practice and before you know it, Stanley Esimikhe escaped while my son was severely beaten up and charged to court without any form of treatment” Pa.Tajudeen said
“Tajudeen Kennedy was subsequently made the scapegoat and sacrificial lamb for an offense they both committed while Stanley Esimikhe walks a free man with impunity and the elders of Afasio community are unwilling to fish out Stanley Esimikhe, an action suggestive of a sinister conspiracy to make me childless.”
” I am ready to challenge them and their wicked plot in court in order to seek redress by exposing the sinister cover up game unless. they fish out Stanley Esimikhe too, because it takes 2 to tangle .” he added.
Responding to the allegations of cover up in the case of Stanley Esimikhe, Pa.Adams Jonathan said that it was totally untrue that the elders of Afasio community were complicit in the murder of Tajudeen Kennedy.
Speaking on behalf of elders of Afasio community, Pa. Adams Jonathan, secretary of the community said that it was highly sacrilegious and forbidden for any member of the community to secretly indulge in the unholy act adding that jungle justice in most cases was the ultimate reward for any individual involved unless such individual was immediately handed over to the police for arrest and prosecution.
He further said that to demonstrate the sincerity of the elders in the fight against moral decadence such as same-sex practice in the community, elders of the community have dutifully commisoned youths to apprehend the fleeing Stanley Esimikhe whenever he was spotted in the community or anywhere adding that they were ready to meet in court whenever the case against them comes up at anytime.