A 35-year-old father of four, caught in bed with another man, in Ibadan, is now on the run for his dear life as his family has allegedly disowned and set up a manhunt for him.

Mr Olutoyin Osibodu, once respected in his Bodija neighbourhood in Ibadan, Oyo State, was said to have suddenly become a source of ridicule when it became public knowledge that he was a bisexual.

•Olutoyin Osibodu Photo: Sun News Publishing

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For that reason, his family drew a battle line, for according to his elder brother, Mr Abiodun Osibodu, "it is a path rarely travelled by our family members".

At 35 years, his love life could pass for a fairytale told in astounding and intriguing, tear-jerking film with intricate plots.

Sex at a party

Olutoyin, who had all his children out of wedlock once lived in Makinde Street, an outskirt of Ibadan. Neighbours said he loved life and lived it to a hilt. However, he first got his fingers burnt sometime in March last year, when he was caught at a night party making love to a younger man aged between 25 and 27.

According to Abiodun, while the younger man escaped unhurt, Olutoyin was set free after being beaten to an inch of his life.

"He was in and out of hospital for most of last year following injuries inflicted on him",

he revealed. He told Saturday Sun that the family had held several meetings aimed at making his brother see reason and quit his strange behaviour to no avail. "We are really worried about the whole thing", he said, pointing out that at a stage Olutoyin stopped visiting him.

In January this year, according to Abiodun, the family was jolted when the lid of Olutoyin’s romantic liaison with another young man simply identified as Kayode was blown off. With tearsdripping from his cheeks, Abiodun told Saturday Sun: "We are still in shock and feel embarrassed".

He stressed that Olutoyin's behaviour was strange, as according to him, "we suspect he is under some strange influences".

Refused to marry

“We have tried to convince him to settle down in marriage, but failed. His children came from three live-in-lovers and we could not understand why none of the women met his expectation for a wife. One of the women, Shade, loved him so much that when she was moving her things out of his house, she wept uncontrollably. There was nothing we could do. Olutoyin always had his way", an obviously confused Abiodun told Saturday Sun.

Disappearance

Like a cat with nine lives, Olutoyin played a fast one on his relatives who had concluded plans during a family meeting to not only arrest him, but also teach him a lesson for bringing shame to the family. In the cloak of darkness, he escaped with his children just before his relatives arrived at dawn.

The Search Continues

Abiodun told Saturday Sun that the family would pay anything to arrest him. “The problem needs to be sorted out now. We can no longer fold our hands, not when his behaviour is dragging the name of the family in the mud." He added that, "there is always a way to handle those who behave strangely or bring shame to the family”.