Cobbler, 35, Arrested For Defiling Six Kids

One Mr. Haruna Ibrahim, 35yrs, a shoe maker, of Ajata Jikwoyi in the Federal Capital Territory Abuja was arrested by the Police on Monday, for allegedly indulging in sodomy with six male minors whose ages range from eight to fourteen years.

According to a source at the Jikwoyi Police Station who spoke to the News Agency of Nigeria, all the affected boys had confessed to the act to their parents. Their parents then alerted the police who arrested the suspect.

The source said the suspect lured the boys into the act at different occasions, paying them N300 each. The said shoe maker sometimes, repair their shoes free of charge before perpetrating the act.

Ibrahim however denied the allegation. The police are still investigating the matter to gather more evidence before it will be charged to court.