A Nigerian man who was captured in a trending video kissing a minor has been declared wanted by the police, PremiumTimes is reporting. The bearded
A Nigerian man who was captured in a trending video kissing a minor has been declared wanted by the police, PremiumTimes is reporting.
The bearded man is seen in the 24-seconds video kissing the minor at least thrice, while he and the girl turned her face to look into the camera. The girl should be between two to three years old.
The relationship between the man and the girl is unknown at the time of filing this report.
A Twitter post by the Complaint Response Unit of the police (@PoliceNG_CRU), Thursday evening, said anyone with useful information that could lead to the man’s arrest should report to the police.
The man identified as Adeyeye O. Babatunde who is said to be a final year student at the Lagos State University, Lagos, deactivated his Facebook account when the video surfaced on social media.
The incident, in addition to other rape cases, has prompted a nationwide call on Nigerian authorities to take firmer actions against rape and other sex-related crimes.
Before deactivating his Facebook account, Babatunde apologized and claimed he just French kissed her out of “likeness” that arose from his relationship with her as his sister. He however promised that such act won’t happen again and begged people to “die it down”.
A female in the video, believed to be the little girl’s mother, also added that there’s nothing going on and the man was just “playing” with the child.
