Nigeria: 69 people arrested during ‘raid on same-sex wedding’ freed on bail
A court in Nigeria has freed on bail the 69 people who were arrested during a police raid on a suspected same-sex wedding last month, according to CNN.
The alleged wedding party saw more than 200 people arrested in the Delta State on 28 August, more than 60 of which were prosecuted for “allegedly conducting and attending a same-sex wedding ceremony”.
Ochuko Ohimor, a lawyer for the suspects, added that they have since “been granted bail officially by the court under very reasonable terms” and will be released this week once the conditions of their bail have been met. “All of them should be out this week,” he continued. “They need a surety who will show evidence of income and must be resident within the judicial division.
The surety should be able to earn at least one million naira (£1,043) in a year.” The suspects, who are aged between 16 and 40 years, were not present at the Delta State High Court when the request for bail was approved.
