The Lagos State government on Thursday dragged about 40 alleged homosexuals to court after they were caught at a party.
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Some of the alleged homosexuals arraigned in court on Thursday (Photo:PM News)
About 40 suspected homosexuals were on Thursday arraigned at the
Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court and the Yaba Magistrate Court in Lagos.
Those arraigneed include 28 adults and 12 minors for allegedly engaging
in homosexuality contrary to the laws of the land.
The minors were arraigned before Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court, while the adults were arraigned before Yaba Magistrate Court.
They were caught in the act of homosexuality at a popular hotel in the area simply known as Vintage Hotel last Saturday.
According to the criminal charge, the defendants were said to have
“On or about 29th July, 2017, at Vintage Hotel, No. 999 Ikorodu
Road/Toyin Close, Weigh Bridge, Owode Onirin, Lagos, in the Lagos
Magisterial District, did engage in gay activities by permitting male
persons to have canal knowledge of themselves against the order of
nature and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 261 of
the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The adults are Adedayo Kamadupe (27), Abiodun Pedro (22), Ikechukwu
Onyebuchi (32), Dike Stanley (19), Oji Charles Isioma (28), Garuba
Ibrahim (21), Monday Favour (20), Ayo Marcus Ayobamidele (26), Stanley
Adeasbo (25), Victor Isaac (18), Godwin Williams (19), Kashimawo
Oluwatosin (25), Abass Tajudeen (24), Olamigoke Adeola (19) and Yussuf
Fawaz (19).
Others are Johnson Michael (19), Francis Michael (22), Samuel
Adeyinka (25), Samuel Collins (25), Kazeem Akorede (25), Adebayo Bukola
(23), Ochiagha Ifeanyi (19), Babatunde Taiwo (26), Raphael Dugh (30),
Kenneth Ubaji (19), Alisi Ferdinand Okechukwu (30), Malik Ahmed (18) and
Olamide Adeola (18).
After the charge was read to the defendants, they all pleaded not
guilty, while their lawyers – Ehiko Onoche, S.M Oladele urged the Court
to admit them to bail.
The prosecution team led by Ms Adetutu Oshinusi from the
Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice
did not oppose their bail application but urged the Court to direct the
defendants to submit themselves to the Lagos State Aids Control Agency
(LSACA) for monitoring and Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence
Response Team (DSVRT) for rehabilitation.
The officials of both agencies were also present in court.
In his ruling, Chief Magistrate Adewale Ojo granted bail to the defendants in the sum of N500, 000 and two sureties in like sum.
One of the sureties, according to the Court, must be a relative of
the defendants, while the other must be resident within the court’s
jurisdiction. The sureties must also present evidence of tax payment.
The Magistrate also granted the request of the prosecution
demanding monitoring and Sexual rehabilitation for the defendants, while
the matter was adjourned to September 8, 2017.
The minors were arraigned before Magistrate Segun Elias of Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court in a closed-session
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