Since President Goodluck Jonathan signed the new anti-gay act into law, there have been reactions from both within and outside Nigeria.
While
some have thrown their weights behind it, others have continued to
criticise it, claiming the President should be more interested in other
pressing issues than homos*xuality, which the Western world has already
embraced.
According to the act, anyone involved in homosexual risks 10 to 14 years jail term.
“The
public show of same sex amorous relationship directly or indirectly is
prohibited,” the Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, 2013 stated in
Section 4, subsection 2.
Also,
the same act stated in Section 5, subsection 2 that, “A person who
registers, operates or participate in gay clubs, societies and
organisation, or directly or indirectly makes public show of same sex
amorous relationship in Nigeria commits an offence and is liable on
conviction to a term of 10 years imprisonment.”
With
the above, top Nigerian rapper, Olamide, may be in trouble due to some
scenes in his new music video, ‘Story for the gods’, which suggests acts
of homo.
Clips
munched from the video show some ladies displaying what is relating to
sexual desire(s) and according to Section 5, subsection 2 of the act,
Olamide might spend 10 years behind bars.
Though
the video has been receiving massive airplays on cable stations, scenes
suggesting amorous relationships in the video have continued to be
blurred by the media stations playing it.
One
of the questions begging for answer is ‘will Olamide be the first
celebrity to land in jail under the new Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition)
Act, 2013’?
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