“Cross-dressing is not yet a crime in Nigeria,” you need to have proof of other crimes for prosecution
By Jeph Ajobaju, Chief Copy Editor
There is currently no law against cross-dressing in Nigeria, police top brass has clarified to netizens agitating for the prosecution of cross-dressers, especially Bobrisky, James Brown, and other males who dress up as females.
Police Force Public Relations Officer Olumuyiwa Adejobi, an Assistant Commissioner of Police, explained there is no legal provision in the country suggesting cross-dressing is a crime.
He made the disclosure on Channels Television amid chatter on cross-dressing and sexuality on social media, clarifying that crimes against nature or natural offences account for a greater portion of arrests.
His words: “I have not read anywhere that cross-dressing is an offence in Nigeria…. Let us be reasonable, you cannot arrest somebody you want to prosecute without having credible evidence and as such, cross-dressing is not yet a crime in Nigeria.
“Some of them that are into cross-dressing, the allegation is that they are into something else, that’s where the problem lies. We need to have enough proof that they are actually into ‘that’. All those offences are natural offences in Nigeria and they are punishable under our laws.”
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