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Court Grants N500k Bail To 69 Gay Wedding Suspects
The suspects were also mandated to sign an undertaking at the State High Court of Justice in Effurun…
Sixty-nine individuals who were apprehended during a gay wedding ceremony in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta, have been released on bail.
VerseNews reports that their lawyer, Ochuko Ohimor, revealed that each suspect was granted bail with a sum of ₦500,000 and required two sureties residing within the Effurun jurisdiction of the Court.
The suspects were also mandated to sign an undertaking at the State High Court of Justice in Effurun, Uvwie LGA, where they had been arraigned on September 4.
Despite opposition from the police prosecutor, Vincent Orarumen, who argued against the bail condition, the defense lawyer maintained that the alleged crime was not a capital offense.
The suspects were initially arrested on August 27 during a “all white party” gay wedding ceremony and were subsequently paraded before the media on August 29 by the Delta State Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass.
The CP vowed to prosecute them in accordance with Nigeria’s Anti-Gay Law, which prohibits same-sex marriage in the country, while emphasizing that they would be charged in court, though they are presumed innocent until proven otherwise by a competent court.
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