The operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have apprehended no fewer than 76 persons in Gombe State in connection to same-sex wedding.
The State Command of the NSCDC said the suspects were arrested while its men foiled their plans to hold a same-sex wedding.
New Telegraph gathered that 59 of the 76 suspects were men, and 21 of them had admitted to being gay.
According to the state Public Relations Officer, Buhari Sa’ad, who paraded the suspects said, “They were arrested at Duwa Plaza along Bauchi-Gombe Expressway while holding a homosexual birthday, and they had plans to hold a same-sex wedding before our men raided the scene.
“Fifty-nine males were arrested, 21 wilfully confessed to being homosexuals, and 17 females present at the scene were also picked.
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“They will be charged to court to answer for their crime which is on social vice, a crime in Gombe State.”
Speaking further, the command also disclosed that it arrested three persons involved in illegal mining activities in the Akko Local Government Area of the state.
“My team stormed the site following a tip-off from some concerned citizens. While they were excavating with their excavating machine, we stormed the place, and ironically, they claimed to be the owners of the site, and that they had a license, but when we checked their documents, we discovered that the approval they had was for Laterite sand which they abandoned for mining coal,” the state Commandant, Mohammed Muazu said.
