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Under Nigeria’s Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Act, gay marriages are banned and criminalised, with those violating the law facing 14 years in jail

Click to expand Image Men charged with public displays of same-sex affection gather within the premises of the Federal High Court in Lagos, Nigeria, March 3, 2020. 2022 Temilade Adelaja/Reuters On Tuesday, police in Nigeria's southern Delta State arrested several dozen people accused of violating the country's anti-gay law by allegedly participating in a gay wedding. The police publicly paraded the suspects before the media, interrogating them about the accusations, assaulting their dignity and rights to privacy, association, and a fair trial, among others. In a media statement on Aug...

On Tuesday, police in Nigeria’s southern Delta State arrested several dozen people accused of violating the country’s anti-gay law by allegedly participating in a gay wedding. The police publicly paraded the suspects before the media, interrogating them about the accusations, assaulting their dignity and rights to privacy, association, and a fair trial, among others.

“An order granting the applicant leave to serve the motion on notice and all subsequent processes to be filed in the suit meant for the respondents at the Nigeria Police, state police headquarters, Asaba, Delta state.”

On his part, the state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Wale Abbas, said: “We have sent messages to the NDLEA and they have responded and in no distant time we will come out with a report that would be made known to members of the public.”