Over 30 people associated with gay and lesbian practices have been arrested by the police in South Western part Nigeria since National Assembly passed a law criminalizing same sex marriage and gay organisations in 2013.
The bill made the practice of homosexuality illegal in Nigeria, setting jail terms of up to 14 years for offenders hence, hotels, clubs and hideouts where homosexual activities were allegedly taking place were raided randomly.
During Interrogation of some of the apprehended homosexuals, police were able to get names of their partners and mutual friends that are on the run.
Some of the names are Ifeanyi Orazulike, Efe Desmond, Adegun Kabiru, Sharon, Mubashir Yussuf, Ogundimu Oladeji, Alownle Ishola, Odetayo Fatimo, Lawrence Udo and Prince Ejimole.
Gay people now live in fear and cannot openly express their sexual orientation. Although arrests are infrequent, homosexual practitioners live in hiding because they are not protected by any law and they face discrimination especially due to the influential Christian evangelical movement in the south which opposes homosexuality.
The south west region social cultural security organisation Odua People's Congress (OPC) has vowed to work in conjunction with the Nigeria police force to flush out the barbaric and devilish sexual orientation out of the country, the group thereby employed other regional local community security counterparts, the Arewa group, the Ijaw group, the Ohaneze and others to help in the campaign against defiling the land with abnormal sexual orientation. The police appreciated the groups cooperating and requested the groups to be sure any culpable person be handed over to the police and not take laws into their hands.
Aside from the assigned groups, we all should support them with prayer
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