In the video, which was recorded by the mother of the twin, uploaded online but prevented from going viral by the Lagos State Police Command, the three year-old-old boys can be seen kissing and practising the act before their mother.
The woman, identified as Patient Ishau, thereafter, sent the video to her estranged husband, Emmanuel Ekanta, a businessman, who reported to the Police.
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, Imohimi Edgal on seeing the video led officials of the Child Protection Unit of the Ministry of Youths and Social Development, to 2, Olugbemiga Ladipo Street, Lekki, where the children were taken from their mother, pending investigations.
However, before the children were whisked away, their mother admitted to having shot the video but accused her estranged husband of teaching the children the act.
She said: “I told him his children would come back from where he takes them to and they would sit on the chair and start saying mummy, daddy kiss.
“So, when I saw them that day, I had to video them and send it to him so that he would see the damage he was causing to our kids.
“He now turned the whole thing around and want to blame me. Whereas, I told him to stop taking my kids where he usually took them.
“I shot the video clip and sent it to him to see the damage he has done to the children. He left me for an old woman.
“He usually comes to pick the children but whenever they return, they would be acting strangely and be speaking vulgar words. At times, they would complain of pains in their anus.
“Their teacher even said they were stooling blood. When I complained to him, he would not listen. The first day I saw them doing it was when I videoed them as evidence, my Pastor is even aware of the case.
“They have conducted deliverance on them. At a point, I told him to stop taking my children to his place because he has different people he brought from Cameroun staying with him.”
At a point, she burst into tears when it dawned on her that her children would not be in her custody for a while.
”This is actually my fault because this guy is supposed to be my husband and this case should not have gone to the Police. I feel I have failed as a mother,” she cried.
Her husband, Ekanta, described Ishua’s claim as false, saying she never brought to his notice the act, except the video clip.
He said: “I was so shocked seeing the clip because she did not even express any surprise while taking the shot, nor scold them. We separated barely a year because she was extremely violent.” Edgal, stated that the matter would be taken before the law court to determine the suitability for parenthood.
Addressing the parents before their children were taken away by the Ministry of Youth and Social Development, Edgal said:
“We can not allow these children to be brought up like this. It is obvious a grown up is teaching them.
“We must determine who they are. Having watched the video and discussed with the Gender Unit of the command, we are of the opinion that we can’t entrust these children in your care for now until we establish what happened.
“We would entrust the children to the ministry. That is why they are here. They have shelters that are approved by the government and these shelters are purposely built for a purpose such as this to ensure that children are protected by the state when the need arises.
“There is going to be a joint investigation between the police gender unit and the ministry. We want to be sure that nobody is abusing these children.
“We want to know where they picked up this kind of elaborate homosexual act. Anyone who sees this would be worried especially because of the tenderness of the children.
“They are too young. We cannot entrust them to any of you. We intend to take this matter to a law court to determine the suitability of both of you for parenthood.”
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