Nigeria Nollywood actor came out as “Proudly Gay” in an Instagram video and claimed that up to 40% of Nigeria current legislators and over 12 Governors are Gay.

A popular Nigerian actor, Uche Maduagwu has come out as “proudly gay” in an Instagram video. He asked others to come out . He states  “Don’t let anyone intimidate you. Come out, show your identity, you are who you are, boy, you’re who you are. Don’t let anybody intimidate you. I be gay, I be no herdsman, and I am proud.”

Uche Maduagwu  urges newly elected President Joe Biden to take action against Nigeria for its anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes, and claimed that up to 40% of the current legislators in the country were gay.

In his Instagram post Uche wrote: “Dear President Joe Biden i am proudly gay and i beg you to place sanctions on Nigerian government for its inhuman laws against law abiding homosexuals yet this same government pampers wicked fulani herdsmen who kidnap and cause trouble in southern part of nigeria we are tired and scared despite the fact that more than 40% of current legislatures and over twelve governors are homosexuals in naija why the hypocrisy.”

 

Few weeks ago  the son of a Nigerian politician Bolu Okupe, also came out as “Gay AF” while in a pair of rainbow shorts and holding a Pride flag aloft.

 

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