“Wonders,” they say, “will never cease”. This was the scenario at the
weekend at the Old Garage, Akure when a middle-aged woman was alleged to
have used charm to take a boy’s penis.
It was gathered that the victim, Adewale Akande, a graduate of
College of Education, Oro, Kwara State gave the woman who begged him for
alms, N50 but five minutes later, he discovered that he was having a
feeling that his manhood had disappeared.
Apparently uncomfortable with the situation, the victim, in his
mid-twenties, called a traffic officer around to help him arrest the
woman whom he said begged him for alms.
When brought to the Police Area Command Station at Oyemekun Road,
Akure, it was learnt that the suspect first denied having collected
money from the victim. But after a thorough interrogation by the Police,
she confessed that she received the money from Adewale.
Meanwhile, there was tension around the police station as Wale’s
family members insisted that the case be transferred to the Deji’s
Palace for traditional solution.
After six hours of apprehension, the victim was taken to an undisclosed hospital where he regained his manhood.
Narrating his ordeal to “DailyPost”, Akande said he came to Akure on
Tuesday with his brother, Ademola, to inform their relatives about
Ademola’s marriage.
The incident, he said, happened when he was about boarding a
commercial vehicle to Ilorin from Old Garage; leaving his brother,
behind as he promised to leave Akure the following day, Friday.
Akande said the beggar had begged her for alms, after which he gave
her N50 only to notice after five minutes that his manhood was
‘shrinking’.
He said all efforts to get help from passengers in the car proved
abortive, as they mistook him for ’419? (fraudster). The graduate said
he immediately called his brother on phone before approaching traffic
wardens for help.
He said, “I just saw the woman on the road. She was begging me that I
should give her N50. I gave her and in the next five minutes, I saw
that my body was weak and my penis became very tiny like broom”.
Ademola, his brother, confirmed the incident, saying Wale called him
immediately after the incident occurred. He expressed surprise at the
mysterious disappearance of his brother’s manhood, adding that but for
God’s intervention, it would have been a different story.
On her part, an aunty to the victim whom the brothers had visited,
Prophetess Florence Adeojo of C&S, Imole-Ayo Parish, Oke-Ijebu,
Akure advised members of the public who want to give alms to give them
directly to churches and not to every beggar they see on their way.
When DailyPost reporter visited the Area Commander’s office
yesterday, it was discovered that the woman was still under detention,
just as none of the officers were willing to speak to press on the
matter.
The Police Public Relations Officer [PPRO], Mr. Wole Ogodo who
confirmed that the case was taken to the Police Area Command, said the
police was not really sure if the victim truly lost his manhood.
According to him, “the boy and the beggar who is an able body woman
were taken to the Station and during the interrogation, the Area
Commander asked if the boy has a girlfriend or someone who could help
him test if he had really lost his manhood, but Adewale claimed that his
girlfriend was very far from Akure and no one around could help him
make the test if his manhood was still functioning.
“The Area Commander also asked from the victim the last time he had
eaten, but Adewale said for the past seven days he had been fasting. The
Police boss immediately directed the boy to go to the hospital for
proper medical attention, believing that the victim might be suffering
from psychological problem since he had not eaten for the past seven
days.
“Later on, the boy returned from the hospital and confirmed that his
manhood was now functioning properly. However, the woman has been warned
by Police not to stay around that area again or any place to solicit
for money, rather, she should look for better things to do in order to
keep her soul and body together” the PPRO had confirmed.
