Lesbian asylum seeker Apata Adejumoke
A Nigerian lesbian asylum seeker in the UK risks capital punishment if she is deported to Nigeria.
Apata Adejumoke, 46, managed to flee the country in 2004. Her girlfriend, who chose to stay, was brutally murdered by vigilantes eight years later.
Before she escaped, Adejumoke was subjected to homophobic torture, persecution and a brutal arrest after she was exposed as a gay woman.
As Nigeria is widely governed by sharia law, she was also sentenced to death by stoning.
In a YouTube video for the group Movement of Justice (MFJ), aimed at persuading people to sign a petition against Adejumoke's deportation, the asylum seeker says: "Returning to Nigeria is not an option for me, because as well as a death sentence hanging over me, I will face 14 years in prison due to the anti-gay law that was passed by the Nigerian Government in January 2014."
The Same Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill 2013 - the so-called "Jail the Gays" bill - imposes prison sentences of up to 14 years on those found guilty of involvement in a gay marriage or civil union.
Anyone who registers, operates or takes part in gay organisations, or who makes a public show of a same-sex relationship can face to up to 10 years in prison.
"I want to remain in the UK in order to contribute positively to the society and support my girlfriend, who I am now engaged to,"
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Wednesday 2 April 2014
Fans blast Flavour for posting this shirtless photo of himself & another guy in a pool
For sometime now, Flavour has been posting 'shirtless photos' of himself - showing off his hot phsyique ;) which gets everyone (including his soon-to-be boo, Dillish Mathews) drooling.
Well, he posted another yesternight but this time he was with a friend in a pool - majority of his fans didn't find it funny and some of them called him "gay"...esp. when you focus on where the other guy's hands are.....lol.See their reactions below:
D'banj make plans to sue UK tabloid
Music superstar, Dbanj has concluded plans to sue a UK based tabloid, Daily Mail for describing him as a ‘legendary womanizer’ in an article written about his “alleged” affair with American Actress Kenya Moore.
The entertainer not only rubbished the report, but stressed that his legal team has completed plans to sue the tabloid for defamation.
“It is a rumor. The story has no substance. I’m even about going to sue UK daily mail for the defamation of character. I’m discussing with my legal team. They didn’t hear from me.
Everything they wrote is totally wrong. They defined Koko master wrongly. I think they wanted to talk about Kenya Moore, who was a former Miss America, but they didn’t get their facts right. Everything they wrote was false. They are going to hear from my legal team, soon.” He told Encomium magazine.
The entertainer not only rubbished the report, but stressed that his legal team has completed plans to sue the tabloid for defamation.
“It is a rumor. The story has no substance. I’m even about going to sue UK daily mail for the defamation of character. I’m discussing with my legal team. They didn’t hear from me.
Everything they wrote is totally wrong. They defined Koko master wrongly. I think they wanted to talk about Kenya Moore, who was a former Miss America, but they didn’t get their facts right. Everything they wrote was false. They are going to hear from my legal team, soon.” He told Encomium magazine.