{"id":70,"date":"2018-08-29T17:47:17","date_gmt":"2018-08-29T17:47:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=70"},"modified":"2018-08-29T19:27:04","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T19:27:04","slug":"police-arrests-57-suspected-homosexuals-in-lagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/watchdogplusmedia.com\/?p=70","title":{"rendered":"Police arrests 57 suspected homosexuals in Lagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Oluwatosin Shonde:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state.<br \/>\nThe Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, confirmed the arrest to newsmen during a news conference.<br \/>\nHe said that the suspects were picked up on Sunday at 2 a.m. while they were performing gay-initiation for newly recruited members.<br \/>\n\u201cIntelligence gathered revealed that some youths will be initiated into a Gay\/Homosexual Club between 1 a.m and 2 a.m., at Kelly Ann Hotel\/ Event Centre, located at No. 3-7, Adenrele St., Egbeda, an action contrary to Section 1 (1) of Same Sex Marriage, Act 2014.<br \/>\n\u201cConsequent upon this, some operatives from the Shasha and Idimu Police Stations stormed the venue and met no less than 80 young men.<br \/>\n\u201cThey were taking different types of drinks including banned substances like Tramadol, Shisha laced with substances suspected to be Marijuana.<br \/>\n\u201cAs soon as they sighted the police, they ran into different directions but the team arrested 57 of them,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nThe CP said that investigation into the case was ongoing and the suspects would be charged to court soon.<br \/>\nHowever, some of the suspects who spoke to the Newsmen on the sidelines of the press conference denied the allegations.<br \/>\nThey said that they were at the hotel to attend a wedding and a birthday party respectively.<br \/>\nOne of the suspects, James Obialu, said that he was a dancer and had come to the party to perform before he was arrested.<br \/>\n\u201cI am not a gay, I am a dancer and I was there to perform before I was arrested. I am a responsible citizen and I work at the Alimosho General Hospital as a counsellor for those living with HIV,\u201d he said.<br \/>\nAnother suspect, Samuel Olarotimi, 22, and also a graduate of Mass Communication from the Yaba College of Technology, said that there were other females in the hotel who were not arrested.<br \/>\n\u201cI was there for a birthday party which started late. About eight ladies were at the bar with us while some other ladies were dressing up in their rooms.<br \/>\n\u201cI don\u2019t know why the police refused to arrest the other females but brought us here as alleged homosexuals, \u201c he said.<br \/>\nOne of them, Bob China, said that he accompanied his friend, a caterer, to deliver food at the party but was arrested while waiting outside the hotel.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oluwatosin Shonde: The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said it had arrested 57 persons suspected to be involved in homosexual activities in the Egbeda area of the state. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, confirmed the arrest to newsmen during a news conference. 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