The Delta State Police Command has arrested 67 persons suspected to be homosexuals during a same-sex wedding in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State.
The suspects were arrested at a hotel along Refinery Road Ekpan in Uvwie LGA.
The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Bright Edafe, in a press briefing said, “On the 27th Agust 2023 at about 100hour, a patrol team attached to the Ekpan Police Division where on patrol/visibility duty on Refinery Road, when the police intercepted one Mr Chucks Chiye who dressed like a female.
“Upon his arrest, he told the police that he’s an actor who came from Lagos State to produce a movie in Delta State.
“They brought him to the station and continued interrogating him before he gave a statement that he belongs to a gay society and that they were having a ceremony in an hotel called Tibolux Hotel at Refinery Road, Ekpan in Effurun Uvwie.”
The police, while parading the suspects, vowed to prosecute the suspects in line with Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law which prohibits same-sex marriage in the country.
About 67 others were arrested at the venue of the wedding when a crack team of police operatives stormed the event last weekend.
The suspects were paraded by the police at the Ekpan Divisional Police Headquarters in Uvwie ahead of their arraignment.
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