“Delta State Police 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 gay suspects at the wedding
The suspects inside police Charge Room
The gay suspects after their arrest
By Emma Ogbuehi
The Delta State Police Command, on Tuesday, announced that it arrested over 100 gay suspects carrying out a gay wedding ceremony.
The suspects were allegedly carrying out the gay wedding ceremony in a hotel in Delta State.
In a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) handle, the state police command said it would parade the suspects shortly.
The post read: “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.”
It will be recalled that former President Goodluck Jonathan approved the bill against gay relationships and same-sex marriage in 2014.
The anti-gay law of 2014 stipulates a 14-year prison term for anyone convicted of having sexual relationship with members of the same sex.
Since signing the anti-gay law in 2014, people believed to be homosexuals have been arrested and paraded by security operatives.
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In December 2020, the Lagos State Police Command arrested 10 individuals suspected of homosexual activities in a brothel located in the Okota area of the state.
Earlier in 2018, the police in the state also paraded 57 men for alleged homosexual activities at Kelly Ann hotel in Egbeda.
In January 2022, eight alleged homosexuals were arrested in a hotel in Isolo, also in Lagos for alleged gay activities.
Nineteen young people were also arrested in 2022 in Kano for allegedly attending a same-sex wedding.