Nollywood controversial actor Yul Edochie has come out to condemn the sentencing of three gay men to death by stoning.
They were sentenced under section 134 of the 2001 Bauchi State Penal Law which says: “Whoever commits the offense of sodomy shall be punished with death by stoning [rajim] or any other means decided by the state.”
The father of five in a post shared on his Instagram page said it’s completely wrong to stone a man to death because of his sexual orientation.
He wrote: “Stoning a man to death because he is gay is wrong! Totally wrong! I am not gay.
“I don’t plan to be.
But Gay people are human beings too and should have rights. I heard the judgment was passed in Bauchi. How can you kill a human being because he is Gay. Condemn him if he engages in criminal activities. Condemn him if he’s a rapist. If not, leave judgment to God..”
The men aged, 20, 30, and 70 years all confessed to the crime even though they were not represented by lawyers according to Reuters.
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