Bisi Alimi: LGBT activist reacts to arrest of 57 alleged homosexual men in Lagos

Bisi Alimi describes the actions of the Nigerian Police Force as "irresponsible."

The Nigerian Police Force is in the news for arresting 57 alleged homosexual men in Lagos.

The news has not caught the attention of foremost LGBT rights activist Bisi Alimi. He has made his feelings known about the arrest on his Facebook page.

His tone was definitely of rebuke and distaste at the actions of the Nigerian Police Force, backed up by terrible claims as, “Gay initiation party.”

In his post, Alimi, now happily to his partner said, “People have parties in Lagos everyday. Sometimes the parties have more men than women and sometimes more women than men. The idea that there is a “gay party” or a “gay initiation party” is nothing but lack or responsibilities from the part of our police and government.”

To underline the outrage of the event and the many questionable circumstances around the event, Alimi continued that, “Those innocent people are a victim of their poverty. Whether they are gay or not is not the issue, the issue is, they are poor and they will pay the highest price for being poor in a country that celebrate stolen wealth.”

While the actions of the Nigerian Police Force seems questionable, we prefer to let the evidence reveal that angle.