From Oluseye Ojo, Ibadan
A primary school teacher, Obi, aged 20, has been arrested by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly having anal intercourse with a 10-year-old boy.
He allegedly committed the offence on November 5 at Asaka Itamaya area of Ibadan. He was accused of luring the boy to a house in the vicinity to commit the crime.
Collins was also an extra-mural class teacher to the boy. He was said to have threatened the boy that something bad would befall him if he told anybody about the alleged sodomy.
The boy reported the incident to his mother, who took the case to the Iyaganku Police Station.
Obi, who confessed to the offence, said he was introduced to sodomy by an older friend, who is on the run.
The police spokesman, Mr. Adekunle Ajisebutu, a Superintendent, confirmed the incident.
According to him, “arrest of the suspect was made following a report made at the Iyaganku Police Station by the victim’s mother after the former reported the incident to her.