Religious police have arrested 25 young people accused of organising a gay wedding in socially conservative northern Nigeria, authorities said Sunday.
The sharia police, known as the Hisbah, stormed an event centre in Kano, the largest city in the predominantly Muslim region, where the alleged wedding was expected to take place, acting on a tip-off from residents, officials said.
Eighteen men and seven women, all in their early 20s — including the pair believed to be getting married — were taken into custody, said Mujaheed Abubakar, deputy hea
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