29th August 2023 6:43:09 PM
1 min readOn Tuesday, the Delta State Police Command reported that it had detained over 100 people who were allegedly performing a gay wedding in a Delta State hotel.
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The state police announced that the suspects would be paraded soon in a post on its official X (formerly Twitter) account.
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“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.”
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According to a report by The PUNCH, ever since enacting the anti-gay law in 2014, individuals suspected of being homosexual have faced arrest and public exposure by law enforcement agencies.
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In December 2020, the Lagos State Police Command apprehended ten individuals on suspicion of engaging in homosexual activities within a brothel situated in the Okota region of the state.
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Similarly, in an earlier incident in 2018, the police in the same state paraded 57 men who were accused of partaking in alleged homosexual activities at the Kelly Ann hotel in Egbeda.
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Another occurrence took place in January 2022, when eight individuals believed to be homosexuals were arrested at a hotel in Isolo, Lagos, on charges of engaging in gay activities.
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The PUNCH notes that the 2014 anti-gay legislation mandates a prison sentence of up to 14 years for individuals found guilty of engaging in sexual activities with members of the same sex.
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