My Parents, Community Want To Kill Me For Being Gay – Osun Businessman

A young man, Adeyemi Oluwatoyin, 38, has disclosed that
his father has threatened to kill him for being a gay.
He added that the Ile-Ogbo community, in Ayedire local
government area of Osun State, where he resides has also
joined his family in hunting for his life over his sexual
status.
Narrating his ordeal, Adeyemi said his immediate family,
friends, and associates have deserted him, leaving him
frustrated.
He said he was lured into gay by a Lebanese business
colleague.
“One of my business colleagues from Lebanon lured me
into it. Whenever we are at Quarry site, he would invite me
to his house and ask me not to go home that I should not
bother going home that he would love me to stay with
him.
So one day as we were returning from one of the clubs on
the island he pleaded with me to pass the night with him.
That was how I knew he was gay and he eventually had an
affair with me.
“For more than five years, I have been enjoying myself with
him before he eventually relocated to Lebanon due to the
COVID-19 pandemic that had affected the Quarry
business. But somehow, recently my parents got to know
about this.
One day, we were in my private room having an affair with
one of my friends when my father came in and saw us in
the mood. He screamed and made out for a knife or
something dangerous. And sensing the danger lurking
around me, I quickly dashed out of the room and ran for
my life. That was how I left home till date.
“I have pleaded with my parents to let me live my life as
an adult, yet they didn’t agree with me and they were hell-
bent on killing me saying I was a disgrace not only to the
family but to the entire community”, he said.
Similarly, the embattled businessman’s community leaders
have also been after his life, describing him as a prodigal
son.
“All attempts to go back home have been rebuffed. At the
moment, the situation is now very terrible that my life is in
danger because our community leaders are after my life.
They said it is against the tradition of the community and
my situation should be treated as a deterrent to others.
They have made several attempts to silence me and I
needed to run for my dear life”
It is sad that many of the people that are supposed to
know pretend not to know. Many of the big men in our
society now are gays and they live their lives without
anybody threatening them. But my case was different and
it became the subject because of my background and the
community I belong to.
“One of the community leaders, Pastor Adeola Agbede
told me being gay is against the doctrine of Christianity
and the society at large, and Yoruba as a race will never
tolerate such nonsense”, he said.