Nigerian security personnel have arrested more than 70 young people after accusing them of organising a gay wedding in Gombe state, a security spokesman said on Monday, in the latest raid on the LGBTQ community.
Same-sex marriage is illegal in Nigeria under a 2014 law and Gombe is also one of the majority-Muslim northern states where Islamic Sharia law runs parallel to the federal and state justice system.
"We apprehended 76 suspected homosexuals... while holding a birthday party organised by one of them who was to wed his male bride at the event," Saad said. "We will charge them to court to answer for their actions once an investigation is concluded," Saad said. In 2014 Nigeria passed new legislation outlawing same-sex marriages and the promotion of civil unions.
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