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Nigeria: Court Decision Against Alleged Homosexuals 'Failure of Justice'
Premium Times, 29 October 2020
A Lagos Division of the Federal High Court on Tuesday struck out the charges against the defendants, citing lack of "diligent prosecution" on the part of the prosecution. Read more »
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Nigeria: Court Frees 47 Alleged Homosexuals for Lack of Diligent Prosecution
This Day, 28 October 2020
The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday freed 47 alleged homosexuals arraigned by the police in November last year. Read more »
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Nigeria: Court Strikes Out Charges Against Alleged Homosexuals
Premium Times, 27 October 2020
A federal court in Lagos Tuesday struck out charges of homosexuality filed against 47 persons in November last year. Read more »
Nigerian Court Throws Out Case of 47 Men Accused of Being Gay
Rilwan Aikawa, a judge in the Federal High Court, has struck out the charges against the defendants, citing lack of diligent prosecution by the police. The men were arrested in a police raid on a Lagos hotel in 2018, after officers claimed they were being "initiated into a gay club", but the defendants said they were just attending a birthday party. Same-sex activity is illegal in Nigeria and carries a 14-year jail sentence. In 2014, former president Goodluck Jonathan signed a bill criminalising same-sex relationships, which prompted an international outcry.
InFocus
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The men who were arrested in a Lagos hotel during a police raid in 2017, have been accused of committing homosexual acts at a gay initiation party". The men have all pleaded not ... Read more »
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The men were arrested at a private party in a Lagos hotel, where attendees were offered counselling and testing for the virus which causes Aids, said Bisi Alimi, a Nigerian ... Read more »
