Police in Nigeria arrested people accused of organising a gay wedding. Islamic sharia police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano have arrested 19 young people for organising a gay wedding, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. Kano is among around a dozen predominantly Muslim states in northern Nigeria where sharia law operates alongside common law. He said:Our men stormed the venue where a gay couple was having a wedding and arrested 19 men and women, including the female organiser of the wedding. In 2018, the Hisbah rounded up 11 young women for allegedly planning a lesbian wedding.

Source: News 24 December 20, 2022 12:41 UTC