A meeting involving condoms and massage oil: The risqué confrontation between a restaurant owner and a tailor in front of the police

CT Sonko, 27, a restaurant owner residing in Zac-Mbao, and M. Fall, 22, a tailor living in Médina-Gounass, have been remanded in custody on charges of criminal conspiracy and acts against nature. Arrested at the two-lane intersection in Sam-Notaire, the two men will be tried this Monday before the Pikine-Guédiawaye court for flagrant offenses.

According to the investigation conducted by the Guédiawaye central police station, the two men had arranged their meeting via the social network Snapchat. CT Sonko and M. Fall met on November 2nd in Sam-Notaire. But their meeting quickly turned into an altercation.

It was then that AL Mbaye, a shopkeeper living in the Cheikh Wade neighborhood, who was returning from the Guédiawaye town hall, was alerted to a fight. He claims to have rushed to the scene to investigate. There, he says he saw one of the men put his hand on the other's neck. After separating them, he asked them the reason for their dispute.

In his statement, the shopkeeper reports that Mr. Fall initially spoke to him about a money problem. However, after he pressed him, the young tailor allegedly explained that CT Sonko was pursuing him to start a romantic relationship and have sex. This revelation prompted him to take both men to the central police station in Guédiawaye.

The case took a different turn when AL Mbaye decided to take a look in CT Sonko's bag. He claims to have found a sealed envelope containing 14 condoms, a packet of lozenges, and a bottle of lubricant. These items, according to him, reinforced his suspicions.

When questioned by investigators, the shopkeeper maintained his version of events. He specified, however, that CT Sonko had personally presented him with his bag, explaining that Mr. Fall had asked him to bring him certain products.

CT Sonko mentions a marabout who abused him

When questioned by investigators, CT Sonko offered a different version of events. While acknowledging that his arrest was related to a homosexuality case, the restaurant owner categorically denied any such practices. He did, however, recount an incident from four years prior, when he was suffering from a stomach tumor. According to his statements, his family had taken him to his native village of Marakissa, in Ziguinchor, to be treated by a marabout named ML Diédhiou. He accused Diédhiou of taking advantage of his vulnerability to commit unnatural acts against him.

In detail, he claims that the marabout rubbed his genitals against his buttocks until he ejaculated. He denies, however, having been sodomized and maintains that these acts occurred three times. When questioned about why he hadn't reported these actions, he cited his health and the surgery he had recently undergone at the time. He also stated that he didn't know if the marabout still lived in his native village, as he hadn't returned there since.

Recounting his meeting with Mr. Fall, CT Sonko explains that they first met on October 31, 2026, on Snapchat. After exchanging contact information, the two men continued their conversations on the social network. The restaurant owner claims that the tailor asked him to bring condoms and a bottle of massage oil, under the pretext that he had a date with a partner.

“Boule faté protek bi”: Snapchat exchanges at the heart of the case

CT Sonko even retraces the thread of their discussions. After posting a picture of pizza on his Snapchat account, Mr. Fall allegedly commented: "Séne Pizza yi nirou na lou nékh dé". He reportedly replied: "Wa guiss ngua man Pizza rék lay déf". Later, after a post from Mr. Fall indicating "dama wétt", the restaurant owner allegedly retorted: "Bayil roubé bi wétto féne".

The next day, he continued, the tailor called him directly to ask him to provide condoms and massage oil. He claims he agreed to bring them. When questioned about a voicemail in which he asked Mr. Fall to prepare a meal for him upon his arrival, before the tailor replied not to forget the condoms, "boule faté protek bi," he denied having any intention of spending time with him. He simply explained that he was hungry and that the meal wasn't ready at his home when he left.

Regarding the lozenges and lubricant found in his bag, he maintains that he regularly uses the former due to dizziness and specifies that the massage oil had been requested by his interlocutor.

"A big...?": Mr. Fall speaks of a trap set for the restaurant owner

But Mr. Fall, a single father, offers a completely different version of events. The tailor claims to have set a trap for CT Sonko in order to expose him and hand him over to the police. According to his statements, he led his interlocutor to believe he was interested in his proposals in order to lure him to Guédiawaye. He maintains that he has never had homosexual relations in his entire life.

He explains that he exchanged messages with CT Sonko on Snapchat after posting the message "dama wétt". Sonko allegedly replied "dina nieuw wéttali la", before he responded "wa dina la khar". CT Sonko then reportedly asked him to order food.

Mr. Fall states that, on the day in question, the exchanges continued from 10:00 AM. Around 4:00 PM, CT Sonko called him to inform him that he was at the Pikine district police station, while he himself was in Guédiawaye. A few minutes later, the restaurant owner arrived at the meeting place.

The tailor recounts asking him to wait while he went around the shop. He claims he took the opportunity to alert his friends so they could intervene and confront his visitor. But, according to him, when he and his companions tried to act, CT Sonko attempted to break free and shouted that he was being attacked. AL Mbaye's intervention ultimately led to both men being taken to the police station.

When questioned about the condoms and massage oil, Mr. Fall denied having asked for them. He maintained that CT Sonko had brought them of his own volition, believing they were going to have sex. He also accused him of trying to impose a common version of events on him, both at the time of their arrest and at the hospital during their medical examination.

The tailor also revealed that the exchanges on Snapchat were much more explicit. He claims that CT Sonko asked him, via text message, if he had "a big d...". He says he replied, "Surprise la kharal bangua eksi". He also mentions a voice message in which his interlocutor allegedly announced that he would bring massage oil that they could take turns using.

At the end of the investigation, the police placed under seal a black bag containing a beige envelope with 14 condoms and a bottle of massage oil, as well as the two iPhone brand mobile phones belonging to the accused.

Requests were also sent to the Idrissa Pouye Hospital in Grand-Yoff for medical consultations and HIV/AIDS screening tests. The results came back negative.