Two men charged with homosexuality in Jos, Nigeria
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The
accused pleaded guilty to the charge.
Two men, Emeka
Eze, 35, and Jonathan Akatin, 22, were on Thursday arraigned in
an Upper Area Court, Jos, and charged with homosexual behaviour.
Messrs. Eze and
Akatin, who reside in Alheri, Jos, were arraigned on a one-count
charge.
The prosecutor,
Gokwat Ibrahim, told the court that the accused committed the offence at 10
p.m. on September 7.
Mr. Ibrahim
said the accused were arrested by the police following a tip-off
by their neighbours, who alleged that they had been engaging in homosexuality.
“The accused have
been committing the offence in their compound publicly, which is against the
order of nature. During police investigation, the suspects confessed to the
crime,” he said.
The prosecutor
said that the accused, by their behaviour, committed an offence contrary to
Section 284 of the Penal Code.
Mr. Ibrahim
urged the court to give the accused a summary trial due to their
confessional statement.
“The court should
rely on Section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) that stipulates
quick judgment for anybody who confesses to his or her crime,” the prosecutor
said.
He, however,
said that the sentence should be reserved pending the conclusion of police
investigation into the matter.
When the case
came up for hearing, the accused pleaded guilty to the charge and begged the
court for leniency. They said that they did not know that it was an offence to
indulge in homosexuality.
The Presiding
Officer, Mustapha Hassan, ordered that the accused be remanded in prison;
and adjourned the case to October 10 for hearing.
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