Usman Sani

Usman Sani

Usman Sani is a Nigerian man from Lagos who was arrested on July 13 2005 and imprisoned on charges of homosexuality.

Sani and his alleged sex partner, Yusuf Kabir, were accused of sodomy. Under Sharia law, homosexual acts are punishable by death. According to police, the two men were arrested while having sex in a public washroom on June 19 2005. Prosecutors were unable to provide any witnesses and were given until August 3 to find corroborating evidence of the crime, during which time the two men remained in prison.cite web |url=http://www.365gay.com/newscon05/07/071305nigeria.htm |title=More Nigerian Gays Face Death By Stoning |date=2005-07-07 |work=365Gay.com |accessdate=2007-04-11]

The two men were acquitted in December of the same year. Judge Mustapha Sani Saulawa said prosecutors had failed to present the required four witnesses to the alleged crime.cite web |url=http://www.sfbaytimes.com/index.php?sec=article&article_id=4444 |title=Nigerian Sodomy Suspects Freed |first=Rex |last=Wockner |date=2005-12-22 |work=SF Bay Times |accessdate=2007-04-11]

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