The Lagos State Command of the Nigerian Police has arrested and paraded Christine Nassanga, whom they suspected of being lesbian, at her residence in the state.
Christine Nassanga, who stated that she was a “sex partner” to Adunola Precious Akingbohungbe, a woman from Lagos State who is reportedly at large.
According to the police, she was apprehended through a detailed information by her boyfriend who revealed that she was having an affair with a fellow girl following details from her phone gallery.
Christine, according to the police, said she had been a lesbian since her secondary school days and had a female friendship with Adunola only in their university days when they met at the University of Lagos.
The spokesperson of the Lagos Police Command held a press briefing in Lagos, where he confirmed the arrests. He stated that the law of the land prohibits same-sex relationships and vowed that the police would “go in full force” to deal with anyone caught in the act.
Though, Christine Nassanga was released on bail, and have since fled to Uganda where she came from and has since been on wanted list of the Nigerian police force alongside Adunola Akingbohungbe her partner.
It was gathered that the police operatives had previously intercepted a cross-dresser who confessed that he was a member of a lesbian club. “The Police have always been saying unequivocally that Lagos State, and Nigeria as a whole, is no place for any sort of same-sex relationship; that marriage is valid only when it is contracted between a man and a woman,” the police spokesperson reiterated.
He further warned that any explicit or implicit public display of affection between people of the same sex is prohibited in the state. Those who violate the law will be brought to justice in accordance with the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013.
Enforcing the Anti-Same Sex Law
Nigeria’s anti-same sex law, which the President Goodluck Jonathan administration enacted in January 2014, mandates a 14-year prison term for anyone convicted of having sex with members of the same sex. The Nigerian government tested the law for the first time in December 2019, when a court arraigned 47 men arrested by the police in a Lagos hotel the previous year. Authorities accused them of publicly displaying affection for members of the same sex.
As it is right now, Christine and Adunola are at large and wanted by the police force to face the law for their involvement in the practice of LGBTQ.
