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 homosexuality, 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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