-On Saturday, dozens were arrested when police raided a hotel in the Owode-Onirin district of northern Lagos.
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“We are still profiling them to determine those who are culpable before charging them to court in accordance with
the law,” said Lagos state police spokesman Olarinde Famous-Cole.
“Some of them were said to be known to the residents as homosexuals and they were taken into custody for further investigation,” he added.
The 42 men remain in custody.
They were detained at a gathering where counsellors were providing HIV screening tests, said gay rights activist Bisi Alimi, who launched a petition on Twitter demanding they be released.
“The party was held in the hall of the hotel where HIV testing and counselling was available,” Alimi said.
“It wasn’t an orgy in a hotel room like we’ve read (in the media),” he said, adding that “the men arrested never said they were gay.”
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