A UK-based Nigerian lawyer, Robert Igbinedion, has sued the Federal Government and the Senate over the passage of the Same-Sex Marriage Prohibition bill.
According to him, the suit seeks to protect the fundamental rights of the 'sexual minority' in the society, and calls on the government to observe the rights to private and Family Life, Freedom from Discrimination and Human Dignity.
The suit wa...s filed at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
“All over Nigeria, the accepted norm now is as long as the majority is happy, the minority can go to hell… and that is the direction we are running to at jet speed. That is not the direction a government should go,” Igbinedion said.
He pointed out that he was not gay, but was only protecting the rights of the oppressed.
“I am not gay. Since I filed this action, I have only met one (homosexual person). Before I filed the action, I had never met any in Nigeria. But that gives me more vigour, which empowers me because I am not biased. I have nothing to lose or gain. Even if I have something to lose, I’ll still file it anyway,” he said.
The law suit will come up for hearing on May 4.
According to him, the suit seeks to protect the fundamental rights of the 'sexual minority' in the society, and calls on the government to observe the rights to private and Family Life, Freedom from Discrimination and Human Dignity.
The suit wa...s filed at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos.
“All over Nigeria, the accepted norm now is as long as the majority is happy, the minority can go to hell… and that is the direction we are running to at jet speed. That is not the direction a government should go,” Igbinedion said.
He pointed out that he was not gay, but was only protecting the rights of the oppressed.
“I am not gay. Since I filed this action, I have only met one (homosexual person). Before I filed the action, I had never met any in Nigeria. But that gives me more vigour, which empowers me because I am not biased. I have nothing to lose or gain. Even if I have something to lose, I’ll still file it anyway,” he said.
The law suit will come up for hearing on May 4.