41 Gay People Arrested In Bauchi

41 Gay People Arrested In Bauchi
Security offices have captured 41 suspected gay people in Bauchi State.



The suspects were captured amid a joint task by men of the Nigeria Police Force and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, Bauchi State summon.

The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Kamal Abubakar, revealed that the police had charged 37 of the suspects to court.

He stated, “Although we gathered through intelligence reports that the suspects were homosexuals, we did not charge them to court as homosexuals or lesbians since we did not catch them in the act.

“But we charged them for being public nuisance since they were arrested at a birthday party.”

Bauchi State Commissioner for Religious Affairs, Alhaji Ado Zigau, said the suspects were captured in view of knowledge reports.

He stated, “Intelligence reports revealed that some lesbians and homosexuals planned a gathering at the Federal Secretariat Conference Hall.

“Security operatives were mobilised to the scene and they arrested quite a number of the suspects. Each security team arrested some suspects and took them to their office for interrogation.”

The state order of the NSCDC marched four of the suspects.

The Public Relations Officer of the corps, DSC Garkuwa Adamu, stated, "On September 1, 2018, insight data uncovered that some gathering of young people suspected to be gay people were having a gathering at the Federal Secretariat and we swung energetically and captured four suspects.

“The suspects are Abubakar Adamu, 18; Usman Abubakar, 20; Dalhatu Hassan, 19; and Mukhtar Mohammed, 20.

“We recovered three Jincheng motorcycles, one Haojue ladies motorcycle, one generator, three birthday cakes, four GSM phones and other souvenirs during the operation,” he stated

One of the suspects, Abubakar Adamu, denied being a gay.

"We are not gay; we don't have lesbians among us. I sorted out a birthday party and welcomed my companions. I sat with a female companion when I was captured", Punch cited him as saying

"I am a tailor and we took after due process and connected to utilize the Federal Secretariat Conference Hall, which they gave us.

"After we completed the birthday, security agents came in and captured us. Be that as it may, we are not gay people and we don't have a place with any affiliation."