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The police said its operatives arrested no fewer than 100 suspects during a gay wedding ceremony in Delta State.
In a tweet on Tuesday, it said the suspects will be paraded shortly.
It would be recalled that in January 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan enacted Nigeria’s anti-gay law, which stipulates a 14-year prison term for those convicted of having s_x with members of the same s_x.
The law was utilised for the first time in December 2019 with the arrest of 47 men by the police in a hotel in Lagos the previous year. The suspects were arraigned and accused of publicly displaying affection for members of the same s_x.
The accused all pleaded not guilty, and the court granted them bail. The case was eventually struck out due to a lack of diligent prosecution by the police.
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