Thursday, December 14, 2006

Nigeria To Make Meeting With Gays A Crime

(Lagos) Legislation being considered by Nigeria's House of Representatives would make it a criminal offense to associate with known homosexuals. The bill would make make any meeting between two or more people where one is gay a crime punishable up to five years behind bars. Read More ...

Yes, and this in a country where General Abacha sucked its treasury dry. If you trust Wikipedia ...

According to post-Abacha governmental sources, some $4 billion (U.S.) in foreign assets have been traced to Abacha, his family and their representatives, $2.1 billion of which the Nigerian government tentatively came to an agreement with the Abacha family to return, with the quid pro quo being that the Abachas would be allowed to keep the rest of the money. Although this proposal caused a massive outcry at the time for seeming to reward the theft of public funds, it was subsequently rejected by the late dictator's son, Mohammed Abacha, who continues to maintain that all the assets in question were legitimately acquired.[4] Although in 2002, Abacha's family accepted to return $1.2 billion that was taken from the central bank.[5] Abacha was listed as the world's fourth most corrupt leader in recent history by Transparency International in 2004.[6]



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