Hotelier arrested for sodomising 16-Year-Old boy in Lagos

February 06, 2025

By Ayinde Adeleke

Lagos hotelier, known as Macdonald, has been arrested and paraded by the Zone 2 Police Command for allegedly sodomising a 16-year-old secondary school boy.

The suspect, who is the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Leuven Empire Hotel and Suites, Ejigbo, Lagos, denied using the boy for rituals but admitted to having sex with him twice.

According to the boy’s father, Edozie Christian, the suspect lured his son and four other teenagers to his hotel, where he allegedly sodomised them and warned them that they would die if they revealed the incident to anyone.

The boy’s father reported the incident to the police, leading to the suspect’s arrest.

In a video shared by Real Talk by Aunty Adunni on YouTube, the hotelier is seen swearing that he did not use the boy for rituals. “I swear with my life, that it is only sex that I had with him (Chiagoziem), that I never used him for any ritual. I swear in the name of my late parents that are in the grave, I swear with my children that I never did anything ritual, it was just sex,” he said.

The Zone 2 Police Command in Lagos State paraded Macdonald before newsmen at the command headquarters, Onikan, Lagos, over allegations of unlawful carnal knowledge of a 16-year-old boy. CSP Umma Ayuba, the Zonal Public Relations Officer, said the suspect allegedly committed an act against the order of nature.

The development follows a petition dated January 23, submitted to the Assistant Inspector General of Police, Mr. Adegoke Fayoade, by the father of the 16-year-old victim.

The petition alleged that the suspect engaged in unlawful sexual acts with the minor.

According to Ayuba, the victim, initially fearful of speaking out due to threats allegedly made by the suspect, confided in his mother. “He recounted that the suspect warned him that disclosing the incident would result in him losing his sanity,” Ayuba said.

The victim detailed how the suspect had sexual intercourse with him, and how he was taken from the hotel in the suspect’s vehicle to his residence, where he was forcefully subjected to unlawful sexual acts.

“Following the incident, the suspect allegedly provided the victim with a bottle of Lucozade Boost and N5000 cash,” Ayuba said.

The suspect’s arrest was made possible by the victim’s parents, who reported the matter to the Isheri-Osun Police Division.