Crossdressing not a crime in Nigeria-Police

The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has said that crossdressing is not a crime in Nigeria. He also said transvestites cannot be arrested until there are credible evidence of their involvement in criminal acts.

He said this in an interview with Channels TV on Tuesday, April 2.

He said: “There are some cases that are always very difficult to prove. Fine I’m not ruling out the fact that we have many of them.

“But if, for instance you want to prove a case of rape, rape has a point to prove. If any one of those points is missing you may lose your case in court.

“Let us be reasonable, you can’t arrest somebody, you want to prosecute without having credible evidence against such a person.”

When asked if cross dressing is a crime in Nigeria, he said: “I don’t think so, because I’ve not read anywhere it ‘s an offense per say, but some of them that are into crossdressing the allegation is that they are into something else or natural offenses.

” That’s where the problem lies. We need to actually have enough proof, credible evidence to prove that they are actually into that.

“All those offenses are natural offenses in Nigeria and they are punishable under our law.”