it is no longer news that the Nigerian legislative has forced LGBT+ people in Nigeria to live a life that is miserable and left vulnerably exposed to police persecution and even tortured beyond imaginations.

Victor ihingere was a living example of this until he decided to seek refuge in the United Kingdom. 

According to his interview with Metro UK, he says, he say he wants his story to be one of hope to people because 'i thought, if I’m going to die, I’m not going to go down without a fight. I’m not going to make it easy for you.’

Recalling the moment he was caught kissing his boyfriend in the car, Victor narrates to Metro.co.uk: ‘When two men are caught together, they’d be beaten up by a mob, set ablaze, burnt alive

The young man never in his wildest imagination imagined he would become a refugee. Having come from a well-off family and launching his own business after studying mechanical engineering at university, Victor thought his life was set. 

But growing up in Nigeria, where homosexuality is a crime, and with a strict religious family who believe it is a sin, he was left with no alternative.

Victor endured conversion therapy, exorcisms, and a brush with death before he sought UK asylum in 2017 with the hope of living life freely as a gay man. But his struggles were far from over and he became homeless within two months.

Fast-forward four years and Victor is now happily married and living with his loving husband in Birmingham UK.