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December 19, 2012

We will pass ‘jail all the gays’ law says Nigerian house leader

Mulikat Akande-Adeola pledges new laws will come in to jail every gay person in Nigeria and anyone who shelters them

Nigeria will pass a bill to jail every gay person and the president will sign it, the leader of the country’s House of Representatives has told an activist.

Honorable Mulikat Akande-Adeola, House Leader, made the comments in response to questions from Davis Mac-Iyalla, founder of Changing Attitude Nigeria, at an event in London.

April 11, 2012

Lawyer sues Nigeria for anti-gay bill

Legal challenge of anti-gay law gives gay Nigerians 'hope'

A lawyer is suing the Nigerian government over an anti-gay bill which, if passed, would put LGBT people at risk of violence and arrest.

Robert Igbinedion has filed a law-suit against the African country's president and attorney general at the Federal High Court in Lagos, claiming the Same Gender Marriage Prohibition Bill violates Nigeria's constitution.