Cyril Kenneth, a Nigerian student who arrived in the United Kingdom in February has been taken into custody by the police on allegations of attempting to engage in sexually harassment involving minors in the Belfast province of the country.
Far and Wide TV a YouTube channel posted a video with the caption, “Nigerian man arrested in UK for dating children”, Kenneth was being interviewed and he confessed to chatting the children between the ages of 14 and 15.
There was said to have been evidence of him grooming and sexually harassing the young girls according to the Police.
While confessing, Kenneth said, “We chat, I asked if they liked me, and I ask about their age. They told me 14.
“They are just two and we began talking after I got here because I was bored and new to the country.
“I always asked if their mothers were at home to be sure of the kind of messages I send to them,” he added.
In the text messages he sent to the victims, Kenneth sent his unsolicited indecent pictures, asked some of them for their house addresses, and invited one of them to his house for sex, among other disturbing messages.
The suspect, however, blamed the crime on temptation from the devil while appealing for mercy and promising to desist from such an act.
He was subsequently handed over to the police for further investigation and possible prosecution.