My Terrible Nigeria ordeal | A Must Read

At around midnight on February 13 2014 we brought you reports about  a young Nigerian man named Olajuwon who  was jolted out of his evening prayer by shouting outside his window. A crowd of some 40 people had gathered around his house. He recently agreed to being Gay and he wasn't ashamed of it..

The mob broke down his door and dragged him outside in his boxers. They beat him  that night with broken furniture, machete handles, sticks, and a garden rake, vowing to kill him if he didn't clear out of the neighbourhood. .. On the arrival of the members of the Nigerian Police force they halted the situation and stopped the mobs..

After that night.. His life is no longer safe as he receives death treat from the neighbors around, close friends deserted him, some even threatened to kill him if he comes close to them because Gay was considered as witchcraft. He was labelled and treated like an outcast,Kids clapped and mocked him on the street...

Olajuwon who's known to be a professional photographer has since been faced with, assault, arrest and jobless since he's declaration and been alienated and excommunicated..

Just recently a close source revealed that Mr Olajuwon is outside the shores of Nigeria where he ran to for the safety of his life.. I managed to get his contact and spoke to him on the phone.. Where he recounts his Ordeal and vowed never to return back to Nigeria.. Infact he says " I'm in a place where people love me for who or what I am.. My friends know I'm gay and we still live and relate well and I've never been harassed or discriminated"..

As in most African countries, homosexuality has been illegal in Nigeria since the British colonial era, but convictions were rare. Nigerians used to be generally tolerant of LGBT people in their midst, even if they were homophobic, but the new law—imposing harsh penalties for homosexuality—has stirred up a wave of anti-gay sentiment in the deeply religious country. "People already knew that people were gay, Now, what we have seen is tenant threatening other tenants, saying, 'I'm going to expose you. I know what you do.'…Now they can call the police and get people convicted.".

Olajuwon and several other Nigerians who can't come out to own up to who they are because of the fear of been lynched or beating.. One would say the emergence of the law and the penalty has created an unsafe place for Olajuwon and the likes.. Is the law a blessing or a curse.. ?