Man returning from Shiloh raises alarm over his penis disappearance

A young man reportedly returning from Winners Chapel’s annual convention (Shiloh) in Ota, Ogun State caused some commotion on Friday after he accused a man of stealing his penis.

A mob immediately gathered and descended on the man who was with his own son during the incident.

A video of the incident sight by this paper, shows the man being repeatedly beaten up by the irate mob who asked him to restore the ‘stolen’ penis.

Some police operatives arrived and cuffed the suspect, but it did not prevent the mob from assaulting him.

Though, during interrogation, he continued to express his innocence, imploring the crowd not to kill him over what he knew nothing about.

“You go just kill me for nothing, I no touch am, ” he said in pidgin as some men continued to beat him.

His frightened son was spared the severe beating but was forced to sit on the ground with his father at some point.

The video of the incident is trending on X, and has generated lots of reactions.

Read reactions below:

@DublingreenB: “2024 una still dey do these things no hope of development for that country.”

@BAMBAM1475: “i dont believe the man did it, my mind is telling me the man is innocent.”

@EmmaOba1987: “I hope they understand anyone in distress can’t have an erection. This country is hell of a place. Look at the set of people we are sharing space with.”

@Golden_Nick22: “This is a mental illness. A psychologically disturb guy accused my tiler of doing the samething only for us to get to the police station and he recanted immediately.”

@ibrahim_oz8080: “The girl say make him give am yin prick back something wey Dey give her joy.”

@alexxitonurreo: “In 2024 ??? I watched this video with so much anger .. those police men are such a disgrace…. Imagine beating someone who’s innocent all because somebody said his penis is missing. If they ask them to show proof nau, they’ll start bringing flimsy excuses.”

@emmanuel_a66398: “D police man de use style de touch e own every 1mins if e still dy there… Oga nor wan loss guard him John Thomas.”

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