Police in Nigeria say they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding in one of the country’s largest arrests targeting outlawed homosexuality
Police in Nigeria said Tuesday they detained at least 67 people celebrating a gay wedding, in one of the country’s largest arrests targeting outlawed homosexuality.
The “gay suspects” were arrested in southern Delta state’s Ekpan town at about 2 a.m. on Monday at an event where two of them were wedded, state police spokesman Bright Edafe told reporters. He said that homosexuality “will never be tolerated” in the West African nation., Africa’s most populous country, where the Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act carries up to 10 years in jail for gay individuals. Accomplices also face 10 years in prison.
He reiterated that police officers in Nigeria “cannot fold their hands” and watch gay people openly express their orientation in the country. “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.
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