{"id":289729,"date":"2023-09-20T10:44:37","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:44:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=289729"},"modified":"2023-09-20T10:50:48","modified_gmt":"2023-09-20T09:50:48","slug":"court-grants-n5m-bail-to-69-gay-wedding-suspects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/09\/20\/court-grants-n5m-bail-to-69-gay-wedding-suspects\/","title":{"rendered":"Court admits 69 gay wedding suspects to N.5m bail"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><strong>Their sureties must reside within the Effurun jurisdiction of the Court<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>The suspects were granted bail at a cost of N500,000 and two sureties each<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sixty-nine gay suspects who were apprehended on Aug. 27 in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta during a gay wedding ceremony, have been released on bail.<\/p>\n<p>Counsel to the suspects, Mr Ochuko Ohimor, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Warri that they were admitted to bail with the sum of N500,000 and two sureties each.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ohimor, the sureties must reside within the Effurun jurisdiction of the Court.<\/p>\n<p>He added that the suspects must sign an undertaking at the State High Court of Justice, Effurun, in Uvwie LGA, where they were earlier arraigned on Sept. 4.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe suspects were granted bail at a cost of N500,000 and two sureties each. The sureties must reside within the Effurun jurisdiction,\u201d Ohimor told NAN.<\/p>\n<p>Police prosecutor, Vincent Orarumen, had opposed the bail condition but their lawyer argued otherwise, saying that the alleged crime was not a capital offence.<\/p>\n<p>NAN recalls that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2023\/08\/29\/over-100-gay-suspects-arrested-holding-gay-wedding-in-nigeria-police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">suspects were paraded before newsmen on Aug. 29 at the Ekpan Police Station<\/a> at the instance of the Delta State Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Wale Abass.<\/p>\n<p>They were arrested by a crack team of police operatives attached to the Ekpan Division while conducting a gay wedding ceremony which they tagged, \u201call white party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CP, while parading the suspects, vowed to prosecute them in line with Nigeria\u2019s Anti-Gay Law, which, according to him, prohibits same-sex marriage in the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can guarantee that they will be charged to court. We are not taking it lightly. It is a clear case, though, they are still presumed innocent until proven otherwise by the competent court,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Their sureties must reside within the Effurun jurisdiction of the Court The suspects were granted bail at a cost of N500,000 and two sureties each Sixty-nine gay suspects who were apprehended on Aug. 27 in Ekpan Community, Uvwie Local Government Area (LGA) of Delta during a gay wedding ceremony, have been released on bail. 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