Buhari rejects gay marriage, says Presidency

The Presidency on Wednesday admitted that the issue of gay marriage came up during President Muhammadu Buhari’s four-day official visit to the United States.

It said the President, however, rejected the idea “point-blank.”

The Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr. Femi Adesina, disclosed this on his Twitter handle on Wednesday.

Adesina said the issue of gay marriage was raised in one of the meetings that the President attended in Washington DC.

The presidential spokesman said when the issue came up, Buhari made it clear that sodomy is against the law of Nigeria and abhorrent to the country’s culture.

The fear among stakeholders ahead of Buhari’s US trip was that he could succumb to the US authorities’ pressure on gay rights.

Former President Goodluck Jonathan had in January 13, 2014 signed the anti-gay marriage bill into law.

Punch