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Information reaching Kossyderrickent has it that Police have arrested 100 gays who attended a homosexual wedding in Warri, Delta state.
All 47 men pleaded not guilty and were granted bail by the court. A federal judge later struck out the charges against the men because of a “lack of diligent prosecution” by the police.
A video has surfaced online showing over 100 gay suspects arrested in Delta for conducting a gay wedding ceremony at a hotel in the state.
The suspects were arrested by men of the Delta State Police command.
Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, paraded the suspects at the police headquarters in Asaba on Tuesday, August 29, 2023.
“Delta State Command has arrested over a hundred gay suspects in a hotel carrying out a gay wedding ceremony,” the PPRO stated.
Homosexual relationships are illegal in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s anti-gay law, enacted in January 2014 by the President Goodluck Jonathan administration, stipulates a 14-year prison term for anyone convicted of having sex with members of the same sex.
The Nigerian government put the law to the test for the first time in December 2019 when 47 men arrested by the police in a hotel in Lagos the previous year were arraigned in court, accused of publicly displaying affection for members of the same sex.
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