Crashed Party: More Than 70 People Arrested for attending a gay wedding in Nigeria
Crashed Party: More Than 70 People Arrested for attending a gay wedding in Nigeria: The Nigerian police in abuja reported tuesday that up to 70 people have been detained. This is for celebrating a gay wedding amid one of the largest collective detentions for West African homosexuality, which is illegal. EnoughInfo.com
According to state police spokeswoman Bright Edafe, the “gay suspects” were detained at a wedding celebration. This is where two of them were married on Monday at around two in the morning. Homosexuality “will never be tolerated” in Nigeria, he asserted.
Up to 100 persons were first detained by Delta police after they raided a hotel in Ekpan where the gay wedding was taking place, Edafe told reporters. 67 were imprisoned after preliminary checks. so he said.
The suspects were being paraded as he talked at the police station.
“The amazing part of it was that we saw two suspects, and there is a video recording where they were performing their wedding ceremony,” he said. “We are in Africa and we are in Nigeria. We cannot copy the Western world because we don’t have the same culture.”
He emphasised that Nigerian police personnel “cannot fold their hands” and observe gay persons openly expressing their sexual orientation.
“This is not something that will be allowed in Nigeria,” he said, adding that the suspects will be charged in court at the end of the investigation.
In a live broadcast of the suspects’ parade by the police, one of those arrested said they were not attending the wedding ceremony and were at the hotel for another engagement.
Another suspect said he does not identify as a gay person and was arrested while on his way to a fashion show.
“On my way going to the event, police attacked me and took me to the police station,” he said. “They said I have committed an offense while dressed like this but I don’t know if cross-dressing is against the constitution of the land.”
In 2017, the Nigerian police detained around 40 persons on grounds of being gay, according to activists.
Nigeria is one of several African nations to criminalise same-sex partnerships, including Uganda, which just passed a death sentence bill. MAUTECH Post-UTME/DE Registration For 2023/2024 Academic Session
Crashed Party: More Than 70 People Arrested for attending a gay wedding in Nigeria
