The presence of the seven suspected homos*xuals at the
court premises sparked off an uproar from the crowd who
came to witness the trial.
The suspects are facing trial for allegedly engaging in gay
activities, an action that contravenes the Islamic laws,
which the Bauchi State operates.
Security personnel had a hectic time trying to rescue the
endangered seven. They fired tear gas canisters and several
gunshots into the air in a bid to disperse the mob.
Tension started brewing around the court premises when
the suspects who were brought in a Hilux van, alighted
from the court room.
The suspects - Ibrahim Marafa, Shehu Adamu, Yusuf
Adamu, Aliyu Dalhatu, Abdulmalik Tanko, Usman Sabo
and Hazif Sabo Abubakar were hurriedly taken back to
prision by the security personnel as the angry crowd hurled
stones at the van. A few people sustained various degrees
of injury in the process.
The crowd which gathered on hearing about the trial, rained abuses on the suspects and pelted them with stones.
The charged atmosphere compelled the trial Sharia Judge,
Yakubu Aliyu, lawyers and the horde of journalists to run
for their lives.
Earlier, inside the rowdy court, the Counsel to the Sharia
Commission, Danlami Ayuba, told the court that one of the
suspects identified as Ibrahim Marafa, is the Principal of a
Government Secondary School.
But Counsel to the suspects, Abdul Musa told the judge
that he was not ready and sought for bail for his clients to
enable them study the charges. The bail application was
however opposed by the Counsel to the Sharia Commission.
The trial judge, El-Yaqub Aliyu refused to grant the bail
application and adjourned the case to a later date to enable
the prosecutors present their witnesses.
Via: Vanguard
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