04.27.07
Lesbian in hiding after four marriages
A NIGERIAN lesbian is reported to have gone into hiding to avoid arrest, days after marrying four women in the Islamic city of Kano.
An estimated 2,000 guests watched Aunty Maiduguri, 45, wed the four women in a sumptuous ceremony that was followed by two days of feasting and merry-making.
But neighbours tipped off the authorities. “As defenders of Sharia law, we shall not allow this unhealthy development to take place,” Rabo Abdulkarim, deputy commander of the state Islamic police, said.
Kano is one of 12 states in northern Nigeria that introduced Sharia law in 2000. Homosexuality is also illegal under secular law in Nigeria. The government introduced a bill last year explicitly to outlaw gay marriage in response to its legalisation in some western countries.
Africa’s most populous country is split evenly between Muslims and Christians and both communities condemn homosexuality.
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