These
men (pictured above) were arrested on Monday [Jan. 14] for being gay - were
paraded naked and allegedly beaten in Imo State, Nigeria.
A
group, the Nigeria HIV info,
dedicated to the protection of the rights of people living with HIV/AIDS, has
condemned the mob beating of three men accused of engaging in homosexuality in
Imo State.
In
a statement by Steve Aborisade, its
coordinator, the group said it has “reliably
confirmed and authenticated the incident and identity of one of the men”.
The
three men were stripped naked and allegedly lynched on Monday, in Ekwe, near
Umuka in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. Mr. Aborisade called on security agents to respond to the plight of
the men.
“As it is, only the
perpetrators and the community can tell the whole world what has become of
these men who were seriously beaten up, stripped naked and paraded around the
community bounded together like animals on allegation that they were caught
having sex together”,
Mr. Aborisade said.
Mr. Aborisade said a reliable source “reliably confirmed that the men were yet
to be released from the location where they are being held in Umuka, Njaba Local
Government Area of Imo State”.
The
group appealed to the Imo State Governor, Rochas Okorocha, to intervene to save
the lives of the men.
“While
acknowledging that several Nigerians find the practice of homosexuality strange
and unnatural, we also realize that it does not confer a license to trample on
the rights of people who engages in it, with the sort of inhuman treatment that
was meted out to these them”.
2 comments:
My things happening in the society this are too numerous to behold... Nigerian Social Network
They should be beaten up and jailed for 14 years as the constitution says.Nigeria is not Europe/America were they practice homosexuality.
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