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Anti-Gay Law Fallout: Canadian Government Cancels Nigerian President Jonathan’s State Visit


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Anti-Gay Law Fallout: Canadian Government Cancels Nigerian President Jonathan’s State Visit

Jan, 18 2014, 5:01PM — siteadmin

By SaharaReporters, New York

A state visit being planned by Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan to Canada for February has been canceled by the Canadian Government.   The cancelation happened in the same week it was revealed the President secretly signed a controversial law banning gays, lesbians, and intimate minorities in Nigeria.Sources in Abuja told Saharareporters that the Nigerian Ambassador to Canada, Ojo Madueke, was told to inform President Jonathan that the state visit to Canada scheduled for February 13 and 14th 2014 has now been cancelled.

 

http://mobile.saharareporters.com/news-page/anti-gay-law-fallout-canadian-government-cancels-nigerian-president-jonathan%E2%80%99s-state-visit

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