Gay party goes awry in Edo

IN apparent defiance of the Same Sex Prohibition Act which attracts 14 years imprisonment if convicted, homosexuals have continued to display their lifestyle in some parts of Nigeria as a gay party organised in a hotel in Oben community, off Sapele road in Benin City on Tuesday night degenerated into a free for all over allegations that a partner belonging to a particular young man was caught in a compromised position with another male during the party.

It would be recalled that this Act sponsored by Senator Domingo Obende then representing Edo North Senatorial District was one of the few private sponsored bills and were passed and signed by President Goodluck Jonathan in the last Senate.

The fracas was said to have gone bloody and many of them sustained various degrees of injuries as broken bottles, plastics chairs and other dangerous objects littered the place.

Residents of the area who thought that it was the usual party that often took place at the hotel were, however, shocked to discover that it was a party strictly meant for homosexuals who sneaked into the hotel dressed in female apparels with make-ups.

A source who confided in journalists said fracas started when one of the invitees identified as Ricky caught his male lover in a compromising mood with another lover who had an invitation to the same party.

An argument was said to have ensued which later degenerated into a fierce fight leaving some person with broken heads and torn cloths.
“We have been suspecting the management of this hotel for some time now because the last time some girls who are lesbians held a party here. We were shocked that no single male was in attendance.”
“But today, I wanted to go and buy a drink at the hotel when a young man walked up to me at the gate and told me that his people have taken over the place. I was shocked to notice that ‎he was putting on tight leggings and wearing red lipstick and wig, so I left the place immediately.”

“It was later in the night that we heard loud noise and saw some boys fighting over another boy thereby attracting the neighbourhood,” the source said.”
It was, however, gathered that before police men on patrol could arrive the scene, most of the boys had absconded.