Nigeria: 18 Arrested For Sodomy - Face Death Penalty Daily Champion (Lagos) 10 August 2007 Posted to the web 10 August 2007 Bauchi EIGHTEEN suspected homosexuals have been arrested by the police in Bauchi for alleged sodomy. The accused may be sentenced to death if convicted under Bauchi State's Islamic Shariah law. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported that the suspects were arrested Sunday in a hotel in Bauchi and arraigned Wednesday before Justice Taminu Abubakar of the Bauchi High Court. Prosecuting police officer, Thadius Boboi told the court that the men, who were wearing female clothing, had come...