David Mark, former senate president, says former President Goodluck Jonathan made the national assembly delay passing the anti-gay bill because of concerns former US President Barack Obama raised at the time he was seeking re-election.
Mark made this claim in ‘Against the Run of Play’, a book which chronicles how Jonathan lost the 2015 presidential election, written by Olusegun Adeniyi, a journalist and bestselling author.
The former president’s relationship with the Obama administration was at first “rosy” before it became frosty.
In the book, Jonathan blamed Obama for his electoral defeat, saying in 2014 it became clear that the former US president wanted a change of government in Nigeria. This was after he had signed into law a bill prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Mark told Adeniyi that Jonathan caused a delay in the passage of the bill because of Obama.
The national assembly under Mark passed the same-sex marriage prohibition bill in May 2013. And Jonathan signed it into law on 13 January, 2014.
The law prescribes 14 years imprisonment for those convicted of homosexuality.
Source; TheCable
Mark made this claim in ‘Against the Run of Play’, a book which chronicles how Jonathan lost the 2015 presidential election, written by Olusegun Adeniyi, a journalist and bestselling author.
The former president’s relationship with the Obama administration was at first “rosy” before it became frosty.
In the book, Jonathan blamed Obama for his electoral defeat, saying in 2014 it became clear that the former US president wanted a change of government in Nigeria. This was after he had signed into law a bill prohibiting same-sex marriage.
Mark told Adeniyi that Jonathan caused a delay in the passage of the bill because of Obama.
The national assembly under Mark passed the same-sex marriage prohibition bill in May 2013. And Jonathan signed it into law on 13 January, 2014.
The law prescribes 14 years imprisonment for those convicted of homosexuality.
Source; TheCable
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