According to BusinessDay Newspaper, on Tuesday, 21st July, 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari rejected the gay marriage suggestion made by the United States, maintaining that it was against the law in Nigeria.
The President, who was in the US on a state visit, had continuously been warned by Nigerians to reject any form of pressure from the host country for Nigeria to adopt a law supporting same sex marriage.
In a post on his Twitter handle, Presidential Spokesman, Femi Adesina said the issue had come up at the joint session of the US Senate and House Committee on foreign affairs and not in a direct meeting with President Obama.
“The issue of gay marriage came up yesterday, but the President was point blank: Sodomy is against the law in Nigeria and abhorrent to our culture, ” Adesina said.
He added that talks had shifted to another matter once the president emphatically stated Nigeria’s stand on same sex marriage.
Under the anti-gay law, anyone who enters into a same-sex marriage or civil union can be sentenced to 14 years in prison, while any such partnerships entered into abroad are considered “void”.
To read more about the anti-gay law in Nigeria, click here.
Source: BusinessDay Newspaper
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