The Nigeria Police Force has explained why it cannot arrest crossdressers in Nigeria.
In an interview with Channels TV on Tuesday, police spokesperson Olumuyiwa Adejobi stated that they cannot be detained since the case is extremely complicated.
He established that cross-dressing is not now a penal violation in Nigeria.
He further noted that, while there may be charges that those who cross-dress are also members of the LGBTQ community, there is no concrete evidence to back it up, thus they cannot take them to court.
“There are some cases that are always very difficult to prove. I’m not ruling out that we have many of them. Let us be reasonable, you can’t have someone you want to prosecute without having credible evidences against them. I have not read anywhere where crossdressing is an offence in Nigeria.
“Some of them that are into crossdressing, the allegation is that they are into something else. That’s where the problem lies. We need to have enough proof, credible evidence to prove that they are actually into that. All those offences are natural offences in Nigeria and they are punishable under our laws”.
Adejobi’s comment comes as several Nigerians criticize the moral attitude of crossdresser Bobrisky, who was recently crowned the best dressed female at a movie premiere by Eniola Ajao.
