Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, have foiled a plan by some individuals to host a same-sex wedding.

They have therefore arrested 76 suspects in connection with the development.

The state Public Relations Officer, Buhari Sa’ad, disclosed this while parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Gombe on behalf of the state Commandant, Mohammed Muazu.

He said out of the 76 suspects, 59 are males with 21 said to have confessed to being homosexuals, adding that 17 females were also arrested at the scene.

He said, “They were arrested at Duwa Plaza along Bauchi-Gombe Expressway while holding a homosexual birthday and they had plans to hold a same-sex wedding before our men raided the scene.

“Fifty-nine males were arrested, 21 wilfully confessed to being homosexuals and 17 females present at the scene were also picked.

“They will be charged to court to answer for their crime which is on social vice; a crime in Gombe State.”

In another story, A grandmother, Oluchukwu Nwosu from Nkwelle in the Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, is currently in police custody in the state for the alleged sale of a newborn baby for N50,000.

According to PUNCH Metro, the baby in question was born out of wedlock to the suspect’s daughter, identified as Ijeoma.

The state Ministry of Women and Social Welfare, in collaboration with the state police command, apprehended the accused and other individuals involved in the crime after the baby’s mother reported the incident.

This information was disclosed in a press statement on Sunday by Chidinma Ikeanyionwu, the media aide to the state Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Ify Obinabo.

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