A 22-year-old man, Eji Emmanuel, has been remanded in prison by an Ebute Meta Magistrate’s Court for the alleged murder of one Sylvanus Okoye, 39.

Nigeria

Emmanuel was said to have stabbed the late Okoye with a kitchen knife in the neck on August 1,2013, while the deceased allegedly attempted to have canal knowledge of him.

PUNCH Metro had reported on November 27 that the suspect was arrested in Anambra State after police investigations revealed he had fled the state after the crime.

Emmanuel, a dancer, had said he was lured to Lagos from his village by a friend, Chukwudi, who introduced him to homosexuality.

He had alleged that his friend’s boss raped him twice.

Nigeria is one of the most homophobic countries in the world.

Read more : www.punchng.com (remember comments on the site can be very homophobic).

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