Entry #14132: Homosexual activity in Yobe

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RegionYobe
IssueHomosexual activity
StatusIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Start DateApr 25, 2001
End Date(none)
DescriptionThe Sharia Penal Code Law 2000 took effect in Yobe on April 25th, 2001.

In Yobe, along with Kaduna, the definition of sodomy is vague. In these states, "sodomy" is committed by "[w]hoever has anal coitus with any man". The punishment for sodomy in Yobe under the Sharia Penal Code Law 2000, is stoning to death (rajm). The punishment for lesbianism ("[w]hoever, being a woman, engages another woman in carnal intercourse through her sexual organ or by means of stimulation or sexual excitement of one another.") is caning which may extend to fifty lashes and in addition be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may extend to six months.
Sourceshttp://www.sharia-in-africa.net/media/publications/sharia-implementation-in-northern-nigeria/vol_4_4_chapter_4_part_III.pdf


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StatusIllegal (death penalty as punishment)
Start DateApr 25, 2001
End Date(none)
DescriptionThe Sharia Penal Code Law 2000 took effect in Yobe on April 25th, 2001. In Yobe, along with Kaduna, the definition of sodomy is vague. In these states, "sodomy" is committed by "[w]hoever has anal coitus with any man". The punishment for sodomy in Yobe under the Sharia Penal Code Law 2000, is stoning to death (rajm). The punishment for lesbianism ("[w]hoever, being a woman, engages another woman in carnal intercourse through her sexual organ or by means of stimulation or sexual excitement of one another.") is caning which may extend to fifty lashes and in addition be sentenced to a term of imprisonment which may extend to six months.
Sourceshttp://www.sharia-in-africa.net/media/publications/sharia-implementation-in-northern-nigeria/vol_4_4_chapter_4_part_III.pdf