Bizarre! 9 Year Old Revealed How He Became A Marijuana Smoker And Burglar

His father, Pa Yekini Amusa, is 72-year-old, while his mother, Muinat Azeez is 25. Little Lekan Yekini who is now nine years old is an adept hemp smoker and a professional burglar.
Lekan disclosed that he was already into hemp smoking and was adept at burglary.

The torrid lifestyle of the young boy was exposed when he was rescued by members of the Odua Peoples Congress (OPC) in Ikire from a man, Biodun Oladejo, who allegedly abducted him from Ibadan to use him for alms. Oladejo was pretending to be blind with Lekan acting as his eyes and guide. Lekan was thereafter taken by the OPC rescue team to the police in Osun State Police Command.
Lekan, whose parents are separated, was said to have become a truant and was constantly running away from home. When the father, 72-year-old Pa Yekini Amusa, got tired of his truancy, he reportedly took him to a Quranic teacher so that Lekan could learn more about Islam and its teachings, while he would also stay with the teacher.

But Lekan could not cope, as he ran, as many times as he had the opportunity, from the Quranic school. He took the decision to become a street urchin even at a tender age of eight in 2011.

That was how his foray into the world of drug and crime began. Soon after, he was entrapped by Biodun Oladejo, who allegedly hypnotised him with charms and took him to Ilorin. He started using him to beg for alms and allegedly sent him to go and steal from a neighbour before his criminal activity became exposed, when the boy was intercepted while escaping with money stolen from Oladejo’s landlord. Tired of living a forced lifestyle, the young boy revealed the criminal activities his ‘boss’ had engaged in with him.

This reportedly led to Oladejo’s arrest by policemen from Ikire police station while the case was later transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Osogbo for further investigation. After the investigation, the case was transferred to Oyo State CID, Iyaganku, since the offence of child stealing was committed in Ibadan.

However, more than the case of child stealing, nine-year-old Lekan gave an expose on his lifestyle while he lived outside the protection of his parents. His story:

“I was still small when my father and my mother separated so I didn’t know what happened. My father put me in school but I used to run away because I didn’t like school. My father later took me an Afaa (Quranic teacher) at Ajegede axis of Ode Aje area in Ibadan. I used to run away from there anytime I was sent on an errand but my father used to take me back whenever he found me.

“On a particular day, I ran away from the Quranic teacher’s house and went to a place where a naming ceremony was being held. I met one boy called Dare and after we became acquainted, he took me to Agbaje market at Agbeni area. We used to sleep under shelves. I was shown my way around and like others whom I met there, I started picking aluminium scrap for sale to buyers, while I also dispose of refuse for a fee.

“I met one man called Baba Aliya where we used to go and dump refuse. He was the one who used to collect fee from us before we could dump anything. One day, he asked me to go and buy Indian hemp for him. When I returned, he drew some puffs and taught me how to smoke too. That was how I became used to smoking Indian hemp.

“He told me he was into burglary, saying me that he used to burgle shops in the market. He promised to pay me well if I would join him. I agreed. Anytime we went to burgle shops, he would carry me through the window and ask me to look for any container with money inside. Whenever we were successful, he would give me between N300 and N500. I used to spend the money on food and Indian hemp. I used to buy N20, N30 or N50 worth of hemp at a time, depending on the amount I had on me.

“Baba Aliya used to work with about five of us. I have been arrested several times by night guards without them detecting Baba Aliya’s involvement. This was because he would hide at a distance after putting me inside the shop and, sometimes, in my attempt to jump out after concluding the task, I would jump into the hands of the night guards. They would ask me questions but I would only take them to my father’s house. My father would, in turn, take me to the Afaa’s house and I would run again at the slightest opportunity I got.

“That was my lifestyle until one night in August this year. I was sitting somewhere within the market with other boys at about 8p.m, when the man called Biodun came with a friend of his. He called my name, hit me on the chest and asked whether I would follow him to Ilorin in Kwara State to help him in carrying loads. I answered in the affirmative. He took me while the friend took another boy, and we left for Ilorin that same night. 

“We got to Ilorin at midnight. In the morning, he told me we would be begging for alms, while he would be pretending to be blind. We started and he was paying me N300 daily. However, I was keeping the money with him so that I would not spend it anyhow. 

“After about a month, I got tired and bored, so I told him I wanted to return to Ibadan. He promised to take me back during Ileya (Eid-el-Kabir). He took me from Ilorin to Ikire in Osun State and from there, we used to go to Ibadan for alms begging. I told him again that I wanted to return to Ibadan fully but he did not respond to me.

“One day, he asked me to go to our landlord’s room to steal. I did and gave him what I got. He divided it and gave me my share, after which he left for a ceremony. As soon as he left, I went towards Ibadan-Ilesa expressway to board a bus to Ibadan but I was stopped by some okada riders who asked me questions. I told them I was being used for alms begging. They took me to members of Odua Peoples Congress, and from there I was taken to the police station.”