A court sitting in Delta State has granted bail to sixty-nine gay suspects who were apprehended on August 27, 2023, in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta State during a gay wedding ceremony.
This was revealed by the counsel to the suspects, Ochuko Ohimor, who noted that they were admitted to bail with the sum of N500,000 and two sureties each who must reside within the Effurun jurisdiction of the Court.
He also added that the suspects must sign an undertaking at the State High Court of Justice, Effurun, in Uvwie LGA, where they were earlier arraigned on Sept. 4.
“The suspects were granted bail at a cost of N500,000 and two sureties each. The sureties must reside within the Effurun jurisdiction,” he revealed.
The state’s Police prosecutor, Vincent Orarumen, opposed the bail condition but their lawyer argued otherwise, saying that the alleged crime was not a capital offence.
Recall that the suspects were paraded on the 29th of August at the Ekpan Police Station by the Delta State Commissioner of Police (CP), Wale Abass.
The suspects, who were arrested by a crack team of police operatives attached to the Ekpan Division, were conducting a gay wedding ceremony which they tagged, “all-white party.”
News About Nigeria understands that same-sex relationships are criminalized in Nigeria, and its penal code approves lengthy prison sentences of up to 10 and 14 years respectively for people who are convicted of witnessing or entering into a same-sex civil union.
