- A trending video shows a g@y man being assaulted in Ilaro, Ogun State, after allegedly travelling from Lagos to meet a man.
- The incident has been described online as a suspected k!to set-up, although the circumstances surrounding the assault remain unclear.
- Nigerians on social media are now expressing different views, with some defending the assault while some are condemning the violence.
A trending video showing a young g@y man being brut@lised in Ilaro, Ogun State, has caused discussions on social media after reports emerged that he travelled from Lagos to visit a man but was attacked in what has been described online as a suspected k!to set-up.
In the disturbing footage circulating online, the young man is seen pleading for forgiveness as some individuals assault him. He repeatedly says, “Please, please, I am sorry. Please, please forgive me,” while one of the individuals is heard questioning why he did not meet a female sëx worker instead. G@y man
Trending Video of G@y Man Brut@lised Sparks Debate
Edo_King, writing as @King…, said the beating was necessary, adding that society sometimes helps shape people to behave better.
Chisom, @chisOmig, wrote, “Gay is a crime in Nigeria.”
Similarly, MannyRMCF, @agentBM44, said, “Gay is a crime so far in Nigeria, them go beat you like thief.”
However, other users condemned the violence and questioned why the young man was attacked.
Nigerians React to Alleged K!to Set-up in Ogun
Reacting to the trending video, Chinua, @Chinua_M, questioned the apparent difference in how people accused of different offences are treated.
“Meanwhile the punishment for stealing is dancing or eating large amounts of what they stole, what a country!” Chinua wrote.
BABYVEE, @ThissBabyVee, also questioned the assault, asking, “Why do you guys beat gay??”
Mo Popoola, @AbuMustaphaUK, described the incident as unacceptable and suggested that the person the young man allegedly went to visit might have set him up.
“Totally unacceptable. My guess it’s the gay person who invited him that set him up,” he said.
Bailer, @IdamEni, argued that people should focus their anger on political leaders rather than attack individuals over their private lives.
“It’s his personal life, we should pour this anger on our politicians who have sworn that we’ll never live a good life here in Nigeria,” Bailer wrote.
Chef_pearl4, @Pearlskitchen4, also reacted to the incident, saying, “Nigeria has a very long way to go.”
Watch the full video here:
Trending video of an young g@y boy being as/sauľted and brut/alïzed, in Ilaro, Ogun State after allegedly traveling down from Lagos to see a man, but turned out a kito set-up.
“Please please I’m am sorry. Please, please forgive me. Please”. — No, why you dey do ghay? You no see olosho?.👊🏾🥊
— Trending Explained (@TrendingEx) October 19, 2026
Meanwhile, two lesbians caned in public for engaging in les.bian s3x in a car somewhere in Malaysia, they have also been finned by a court on Monday.
The les.bian, g@y, bis3xual and transgender community is routinely persecuted in Muslim-majority Malaysia, where they are seen as a threat to conservative values.
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The women, aged 32 and 22, had pleaded guilty in August to attempting lesb.ian s3x, forbidden under Islamic law.
They were sentenced to a fine and six lashings of the cane.
The sentence was carried out in front of about 100 people at the Sharia High Court in Terengganu, a conservative state ruled by the Islamist opposition party Pan-Malaysian Islamist Party, according to a report by English-language daily the New Straits Times.
It was the first conviction for same-s3x relations and the first time a caning had been carried out in public in the state, Satiful Mamat, a member of the Terengganu state executive council told Reuters.
“Sharia criminal procedure allows the court to determine where the sentence will be carried out and requires that it must be witnessed by a number of other Muslims,” said Satiful, who attended the hearing.
Satiful said the punishment was “not intended to torture or injure”.
“The reason it is carried out in public is for it to serve as a lesson to society,” he said.
Malaysia has a dual-track legal system, with Islamic criminal and family laws applicable to Muslims running alongside civil laws. Click here to read more.
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