Nigerian Court Sentences Actor to 3 Months in Jail for Engaging in Homosexual Acts

A 28 year-old Nigerian actor, Bestwood Chukwuemeka was on Monday September 17, 2011 sentenced to three-month imprisonment by a Karu Senior Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, for having sexual intercourse with another man through the anus.

The convict pleaded guilty and claims to be under the influence of alcohol and asked the court to temper justice with mercy.

The presiding Senior Magistrate, Nafisatu Buba sentenced him to three-month imprisonment without an option of fine. “This would serve as warning to other youths who hide under the influence of alcohol to commit crimes,’’ she was quoted as saying.

Several questions arise here. What about the person he was supposedly having sexual intercourse with? How did the Police arrest him if he was in his bed at the said time?

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