Queer man lured and murdered in Ipaja after extortion attempt failed

A member of the LGBTQ community has allegedly been murdered and his lifeless body dumped in the street in Ipaja, Lagos state.

Members of the community are condemning the murder on Twitter while calling for better protection for queer people who they say are increasingly being kitoed in Nigeria.

According to reports, the victim was lured by his abductors and they proceeded to use his phone to call another queer guy named Uche at about 11pm. The kidnappers tried to use the victim to also lure Uche but the latter said it was late and he couldn’t meet the victim.

At this point, the kidnappers revealed themselves and asked Uche to pay N3m or the victim would be killed.

Sadly, the victim was killed eventually and his body was dumped on the road.

Read posts narrating the incident below.