A 33-year-old agent, and a 29-year-old artist were on Friday remanded in jail by the FCT Area Court Lugbe, for taking part in gay person acts.
The charged persons, Edwin Kelechi of Sauka Village and Khulid Ibrahim of Galadimawa Village Airport Road Abuja, are standing trial on a two-count charge of joint act and unnatural offense.
The prosecutor, Anigbo Paul told the court that the charged persons were captured by the police on Jan. 21.
He said that Kelechi went to Ibrahim's home at Galadimawa and had "sex with" of him, with a guarantee to pay him N2,000 after the demonstration.
Paul said that Kelechi however did not keep to the consent to pay Ibrahim N2,000, rather he paid him N1,000 which maddened him and prompted a battle.
He said the team were captured by the police while battling in the city.
The prosecutor said that the offense contradicted areas 79 and 284 of the Penal Code.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the charged persons conceded to the charges.
The prosecutor supplicated the court to attempt the blamed persons summarily since they conceded perpetrating the wrongdoing.
The denounced persons in tears, asked the court to alter equity with leniency.
"We are sad for what we did, it was the devil that baited us into this demonstration. We won't do it once more,'' they both argued.
In his controlling, the Senior Judge, Gambo Garba, requested that the charged be remanded in jail guardianship till Feb. 4, for sentencing.
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