Following the signing into law the Bill Prohibiting Same-sex Marriage and Gay Practices, the police are said to be working on a list of 168 suspects purportedly obtained through torture, after arresting dozens of gay men in Bauchi State, human rights activists alleged Tuesday.
However, the new law has received the firm backing of the Catholic Archbishop of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, Ndi-Igbo Cultural Society of Nigeria (NCSN), as well as elder statesman and veteran politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakasai, who have commended President Goodluck Jonathan and the nation's lawmakers for resisting the pressure to kill the bill.
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