A Nigerian lady residing in the UK, Aderonke Apata, had sent a video of herself and partner to the Home Office as proof that she was gay, to avoid being repatriated to Nigeria.
She said she has no choice but to make the explicit video, when UK authorities insisted that they needed evidence to validate that she was indeed gay.
“I was asked to bring my
supporting documents for my judicial review for the court to look at.
What evidence do we have to compile apart from letters from people? I
knew we had a home video of ourselves, so I thought why not just put it
in? I cannot afford to go back to my county where I will be tortured, so
if I have to prove it with a sexual video, then I have to do it.”
When Apata came to Britain from Nigeria in
2004, her asylum claim was on religious grounds. She came from a
Christian family, but had married a Muslim man in what she says was a
sham arrangement to cover up her long-term relationship with another
woman.
According to Apata, her husband’s family
turned against her as they suspected she was gay. They took her to a
Sharia Court, where she was sentenced to death for adultery. She says
her brother and three-year-old son were killed in related vigilante
incidents.
Apata’s story has rapidly garnered mass support, attracting more than 230,000 signatures.
Courtesy: Punch
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