Gay Relationship Is Taboo In Nigeria, Governor Uduaghan Insists

The governor of Delta State, Emmanuel Uduaghan, has defended the law forbidding same-sex marriage signed into law last week by President Goodluck Jonathan, likening such relationships to pedophilia.

Governor-Emmanuel-Uduaghan-bPedophilia is a psychiatric disorder in which an adult has sexual interest in children and hence a taboo.

Mr. Uduaghan, who spoke in Dublin, Ireland where he received an international award, said gay marriage would offend the cultural norms of Nigerians.

“I am sure no one here in this country would accept a condition in which an adult can sleep with a 10-year old girl,” the governor said. “If that situation is not acceptable, we in Nigeria view gay marriage as such.”

He assured his audience, which included Ireland’s minister of trade and foreign investment, Joe Costello, that the new law was popular and that Nigerians accepted it.

Mr. Uduaghan explained that marriage in Nigeria was viewed as a union between families and that it would be a taboo if it was discovered that there were married gays in the families. He said, “In Nigeria marriage between two people is usually between a man and a woman and not just between them but between their families too.

Whenever a couple come together, they are not coming together by themselves, it almost involves their different families and if it is known that in that family there are married gays, the danger is that the taboo emanating from that might even affect others who are straight and that is not right.” The governor said that his marriage was made possible because both his family and that of his wife came together to endorse the marriage.

He accused the international community of double standards, stating that he was surprised by their reactions. “There was a public hearing by the National Assembly and we are not aware of their opposition to this bill,” Mr. Uduaghan said.

“What happened was that a lot of Nigerians appeared and made submission in favour of it. So it is a surprise that after the bill has been passed, we are now facing this opposition by the international community.”

He asked whoever had interest in gay marriage to migrate to any country where it was acceptable.

6 COMMENTS

  1. gay is taboo marriage is meant for procreation. Gay is sinful, y didnt American legalised it since the creation of american , Gay whose child would u adopt . If ur parents were gay would you had been birth to. Read ur bible , Leviticus 20:13 & 18:22

  2. gay is taboo marriage is meant for procreation. Gay is sinful, y didnt American legalised it since the creation of american , Gay whose child would u adopt . If ur parents were gay would you had been given birth to. Read ur bible , Leviticus 20:13 & 18:22. Marriage is between man and a woman only

  3. Oyiiboo, na wa for u ooooooo!!! U asked us to wear coat under hot sun, we did! U said we should speak ur language, we obediently dumped ours! U asked us to tie a rope round our necks like goats, we obeyed! U said our ladies should wear dead people’s hair instead of the natural ones God gave to them, they obeyed. U said we should marry just one woman in the midst plenty damsels, we reluctantly obeyed! U said our decent gals should wear catapults instead of the conventional pants, they obeyed! Now u want our men to sleep with fellow men AND women with fellow women so that God would visit us like Sodom & Gomorrah?! Oyinbo, we say tufiakwa! If u like keep your aids & supports. As Nigerians we say NO to GAY relationships/Marriage. Share 2 support the Movement…like I just did sorry if this offends you… am just sharing as received. Have a Nice Day

  4. My first recognition goes to GOV of delta state(Emmanuel Uduaghan). The simple fact remains that Ϟ•̸ε̲̣̣̣̥’ve been unlucky in this country in the area of leadership basically on presidency. If ƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡U̶̲̥̅̊ ask my opiniun, I will advice Ϟ•̸ε̲̣̣̣̥ pray harder and seek God’S intervention to avoid more doom

  5. President of d̶̲̥̅̊ well blessed federal republic of Nigeria, find, catch and kill me if ƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡U̶̲̥̅̊ wish,this thing ƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡U̶̲̥̅̊ signed without any atom of consideration on our path, ƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡U̶̲̥̅̊ will have to DIVORCE U̶̲̥̅̊Я̩̥̊ wife Απϑ take d̶̲̥̅̊ VP to d̶̲̥̅̊ alter oooo, since oyibo people don make ƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡U̶̲̥̅̊ inverably sign paper to prove say God N̶̲̥̅̊☺ create d̶̲̥̅̊ world well, abeg ƔƠ̴̴̴̴̴̴͡U̶̲̥̅̊ must start ⌣̊┈̥-̶̯͡»̶̥A̶̲̥̅♏ ooooo so dat people go copy failure to do so,Ϟ•̸ε̲̣̣̣̥ N̶̲̥̅̊☺ D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ interested