19-year-old boy arrested in Edo for raping a Dog

A 19-year-old boy in Iguosa community, Ovia North East local government area of Edo State was arrested on Tuesday by the Nigeria Police 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.

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.

"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 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.

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.