A middle aged man said to be a gay suspect has been lynched by an angry mob in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
The victim whose identity could not be ascertained at the time of filing in this report, was allegedly caught wth his male partner kissing each other passionately in a bar at the Bashorun area of the city during the nation’s 61st Inpendence anniversary celebration last weekend.
An eye witness account said both men had been drinking in the bar and chatting, but suddenly stood up and started kissing each to the consternation of other people in the bar.
One person was said to have raised the alarm, shouting “they are gay,they are gay,” which attracted the presence of more persons to the scene.
“An mob made up of mainly Muslim youths in the area soon descended on the duo, beating and clobbing them with sticks and iron rods.
” One of them was hit on the head with a heavy metal and he immediately fell down , writhing in pain. He died moments later while his partner was lucky to have escaped the wrath of the mob”, a resident in the area, Raji Rasaki to our reporter.
He further said that an identity card found on the victim by personnel of the state run vigilante group,Amotekun, revealed the identity of the second suspect as one Akindehinde Afeezola who is currently on the run.
Following a formal complain on the incident lodged by a Muslim cleric in the area, the police in Ibadan have declared the fleeing gay suspect, Akindehinde Afeezola wanted for sodomy.
A police statement in Ibadan urged members of the public with any useful information that could lead to the arrest of the suspect to report to the nearest police station within and outside the state.
Same sex relationship is a crime in Nigeria, and offenders are liable to 14 years imprisonment while the Muslim Sharia Law prescribes death penalty for anyone found guilty of homosexualit
