Police in southern Nigeria’s Delta state said they “arrested more than 100 suspected gay men at a hotel where a same-sex wedding ceremony was taking place”.
Police, who revealed the information in a tweet on their official Twitter page around 9:06 am Tuesday, said the suspects would be brought up soon.
Same-sex relationships are illegal in Nigeria.
Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law, passed by President Goodluck Jonathan’s government in January 2014, provides for a 14-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of homosexual conduct.
The Nigerian government first tested the law in December 2019, when a year earlier 47 men were arrested by police at a Lagos hotel on charges of showing same-sex affection in public.
The 47 men pleaded not guilty, and the court approved their release on bail. A federal judge later dismissed the charges against the men for “lack of due process” by police.
