Nigeria's Foreign Affairs Ministers claims there are no gay people in Nigeria....

Well, he can't find any....

The Young Humanistas Network in Nigeria described today the remarks of Ojo Madueke, Nigeria’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, denying the existence of a gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community in the country as being “economical with the truth”.

Addressing the United Nations Universal Periodic Review on Human Rights in Geneva last week, Mr. Madueke said: “We have no record of any group of Nigerians who have come together under the umbrella of lesbian, gay and transgender group, let alone to start talking of their rights.

“During our National Consultative Forum, we went out of our way to look for the Gay, Lesbian and Transgender Group but we could not come across Nigerian with such sexuality.

“If they are an amorphous group, then the question of violence against them does not arise let alone negotiating special rights for them,” he said.

In a statement issued today Young Humanistas Network said that they were “particularly miffed” by the remarks made during the Minister’s UNUPR address on February 9.

“Ojo Madueke is economical with the truth in his attempts to cover the track of gross human rights violations being perpetrated by the government of Nigeria as he seems to have forgotten that the National Assembly backed by some of the executive council members are currently preparing to enact a law criminalizing homosexual activities,” the statement said.

And the group questioned: “Why enact a law that has no subject?