Doctors are currently battling to save the life of a 16-year-old boy who was allegedly sexually abused through the anus by Macdonald, the owner of the popular Empire Hotel in the Bucknor area of Ejigbo, Lagos.
HEADLINENEWS reports that following the confession, the victim experienced a severe mental health crisis.
The incident reportedly took place at Egbeda, where Macdonald resides.
The Zone 2 Police Command in Onikan, Lagos, has begun investigating the case after Macdonald failed to report to the Isheri Oshun Division regarding the allegations.
According to reports, the teenage boy confided in his mother about the incident before Christmas last year, revealing that Macdonald had lured him and four other students to his hotel and sexually abused them through their anus.
Macdonald had threatened the boys, warning them that disclosing the abuse would lead to their deaths.
Shortly after confessing to his mother, the boy began exhibiting signs of distress, talking to himself like a mad person.
The father of the victim, Chigozie Christian explained, “My son started behaving like a mad person after the confession. We rushed him to a prayer house and after some days when he became a little bit sober, we took him to Isheri Osun Police station, where he made a statement and narrated his ugly encounter with the hotelier”.
“Shockingly, after he disclosed the names of his fellow students that took him to meet the Chief Executive Officer of the hotel, Macdonald, he relapsed and started behaving like a mad person. The Police went to invite the students he mentioned but succeeded in getting only one of them, who boldly came with a laptop and gave detailed accounts of how the hotelier has been molesting them sexually.”
He told detectives that they went to the hotel to partake in a Tik Tok programme only for the owner of the hotel, usually addressed as CEO, to lure them inside one of the rooms and promised to pay them N5000 after having sex with them through the anus.”
“The student said that from all indications, he has been doing it to many other students, who he usually pays and after using them, he will clean himself and the boys anus with a white handkerchief and threaten them never to discuss the encounter with anybody and if they do, they will die.”
“After they made statements to the Police at Isheri Osun station, the condition of my son worsened and I had to take him to Mirabel Center at the General Hospital, Ikeja, where he was examined by the doctors.
The doctors later told us that there were signs of abuse in the anus but it did not affect his brain. They advised that we take him to Psychiatric hospital for further examination stating that he may be suffering with trauma of the abuse.”
“When we got to the Psychiatric hospital, they also examined him and advised that we should take him to another hospital meant for teenagers, which we did. After that, they gave us tablets and advised that we keep close checks on him assuring that he would be okay after some time.
However, we have been giving him the medications but he is getting worse daily. On the part of the Police, initially, they told us that all the efforts they made to invite the owner of the hotel failed, but he later sent his lawyer to talk with them.”
“Another shock that befell us was that few days later, the Police invited me to come that the owner of the hotel had transferred the case to Zone 2, Onikan without even reporting to their station.
At this stage, they continued pressurizing me to report to their station, that they will take me to Zone 2 and all efforts I made to know the unit handling the case at the Zone were rebuffed by the Police.”
“I then decided to personally report myself to the AIG at Zone 2, who swiftly directed his men to arrest the owner of the hotel for explanations. Unfortunately, a team of crack and armed Policemen that stormed the hotel later could not arrest him but succeeded in arresting some of his staff.”
Assistant Inspector General (AIG) Adegoke Fayoade of Zone 2 swiftly intervened and instructed his team to apprehend and thoroughly interrogate the suspect
The teenager, displaying signs of mental distress, reportedly identified Macdonald during a confrontation arranged by detectives.
Despite the boy’s accusations, Macdonald denied involvement in the allegations and claimed he had previously reported the case to Zone 2 due to a lack of cooperation from the Isheri Osun Police.
Investigations conducted at Zone 2 Command revealed that the case file had been tampered with by an unknown individual at the Isheri Oshun Division.
It was also discovered that statements made by both the complainant and another student had been altered.
Discrepancies were also found in the medical report from the Mirable Center in Ikeja, as the father of the teenager claimed the report did not match his own account.
Thus, the Investigating Police Officer, who was in charge of the matter at Isheri Oshun Division identified as Frank, has been arrested and detained at Zone 2 Command on how the case file in his custody was tempered with without his knowledge.
Meanwhile, the suspect, Macdonald, was said to have been granted administrative bail while investigations continue on the matter.