Trouble started as one of the party's organisers caught his man with another of their friends in an uncommon mood. Consequently, two young men were arrested by policemen from the B Division Police Station in Warri for allegedly indulging in homosexuality, which is a crime under Nigerian law.
According to eyewitnesses, the party was organised in a hotel located around Oben, off Sapele Road and the gay lovers were said to have deceived residents of the area by dressing like women in order not to attract their attention. However, trouble started when one of the jealous lovers, identified as Ricky, caught his man with one of the guests and disagreement over the issue resulted in a bloody fight.
Consequently, the men fought with bottles and plastic chairs in the hotel room, which attracted residents who did not know they were holding a gay party. Some of the guests had their heads broken and clothes torn when the police arrived.
One eyewitness said: “We have been suspecting the management of this hotel for some time now because the last time, some girls suspected to be lesbians held a party here and we were shocked that no single male was in attendance. However, today, I wanted to go and buy a drink at the hotel when a young man walked up to me at the gate and said to me that his people have taken over the place.
‘’I was shocked to notice that he was putting on tight leggings and wearing red lip stick 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 all in the neighbourhood.”
According to the police, the suspects, whose names were given as Johnson Efenaghor and his sibling Emmanuel Efenaghor, were apprehended following a complaint by one Kelvin Williams who was sexually molested, abused and defiled by the duo. When the police arrived, most of the other guests at the party took to their heels but the security officials are currently quizzing the hotel's management about them.
Johnson, it was gathered, was the principal actor who committed the act to initiate Kelvin into homosexualism, while his brother, Emmanuel, was arrested as an accomplice. Apparently, Emmanuel’s silence on the crime of his elder brother was sequel to the threats from his brother not to reveal his criminal tendencies.
Narrating his ordeal, William said the whole thing started in July when Johnson accosted him on his way to visit his father at Odion Road, Warri and told him that he was handsome and would like both of them to become friends. He added that he later visited Johnson who persuaded him to sleep in his house, not knowing he had other intentions.
On January 7 2014, President Goodluck Jonathan signed Nigeria's Same Sex Marriage Prohibition Bill into law, which makes being gay punishable with 14 years in jail. Since the passing of the law, Nigeria has been under pressure from the international community to tone it down, as the criminalisation of people simply for the sexuality is regarded as a breach of human rights.
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