There have being reactions from both within and outside Nigeria ever
Since President Goodluck Jonathan signed the new anti-g.a.y act into law
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.exuality, 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 se.x amorous relationship directly or
indirectly is prohibited,” the Same S.ex 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 se.x
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 ho.mo.
Clips munched from the video show some ladies displaying what is
relating to se.xual 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 S.ex Marriage
(Prohibition) Act, 2013’?
