BY JOHN AUDU
LAGOS : it was a black weekend for two gay suspects who embarked on a kissing spree in public and subsequently incurred the wrath of an irate mob penultimate Saturday.
One of them a Lebanese construction worker was allegedly lynched by the angry mob while the second a Nigerian narrowly escaped death by the whiskers.
The incident was said to have occurred in the evening of August 25, 2018 on Tokunbo street in the highbrow Lagos Island .
The NIGERIAN ONSERVER gathered that a Lagos socialite Dawodu Adebola popularly known in social circles as Ade Boy was attending his friend’s birthday on that fateful day and decided to invite his Lebanese friend who unknown to many was his gay partner.
Both men were said to have had a great time at the party before moving into a restaurant where they engaged in prolonged kissing which drew the ire of local residents.
The ugly scene created by their obscene act soon attracted the leader of street urchins popularly known as “Area Boys” who dragged both suspects into the open street where they faced a mob action.
They were allegedly beaten with sticks and iron bars even as the suspects ran around the area , trying to escape the wrath of the angry mob.
The Lebanese eventually fell and fainted while his Nigeria partner managed to escape with severe bruises on his body.
Our reporter further scooped that the Lebanese was beaten to a coma before the arrival of a police patrol team which immediately rushed him to a nearby clinic where he was pronounced death on arrival.
Meanwhile, the police have declared the Nigerian , Dawodu Adebola (aka Ade Boy) wanted for sodomy.
The Area Boys are also reported to have launched a man hunt for the fleeing gay suspect as he is deemed to have defiled the land.
Same sex marriage or homosexuality is considered a taboo in Nigerian communities.
Offenders face the risk of not only traditional sanctions but also the possibility of death by mob action.
It is also a criminal offence and offenders are liable to serve between 10 to 15 years in prison.
