57 Arraigned for being GAY in Lagos Nigeria

The Federal high court of Nigeria was on the 4th of Nov 2019.  supposed to arraign 55 alleged gays before Justice Rilwan Aikuwa, however, the Court space was too small to accommodate all the accused.

As the case proceeded, Isreal Usman, who is the defence council made it known to the court that only 46 of the 57 accused of being gay were available to be arraigned. the Judge, however, responded that he was only aware of 36 defendants that were listed before him. he further said that because the 57 allegedly accused of being gay by the Nigerian Police was a huge number and the court would not accommodate them, therefore the case was adjourned to the 22nd of November 2019.

The accused were arrested by the Nigerian Police on the 26th of August 2016at a hotel in Egbeda, Lagos Nigeria. They were charged under section 5(2) of the same sex prohibition act of 2013.