Police Arrest 100 Nigerian Men Over Gay Wedding In Delta State [Video]

No fewer than 100 Nigerian men have been arrested over a gay wedding in Delta State.

Newsone reports that operatives of the Delta State Police Command has arrested over 100 gay suspects in the State.

This online news platform understands that the Dela State Police Command in a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle on Tuesday, said the suspects were arrested at a hotel while carrying out a gay wedding ceremony.

“Delta State Command has arrested over a hundred gay suspects in a hotel carrying out a gay wedding ceremony. We will be going live shortly on Facebook to parade the said suspects”, the post read.

Homosexual relationships are illegal in Nigeria.

Newsone Nigeria reports 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.

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.

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Delta Police Command arrests over 100 gay suspects carrying out a gay wedding ceremony in a hotel in the state pic.twitter.com/RG5GATGhMU

— Naija (@Naija_PR) August 29, 2023