Babatunde Fashola says “I have never said anything against the LGBT community in Lagos”

Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has denied making any derogatory comment against the LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender) community in Lagos while he was governor of Lagos state.

Fashola gave the clarification today at the Commonwealth Peoples Forum, a sideline of the ongoing Commonwealth Head of Governments Meeting (CHOGM 2018) at Westminster.

Fashola during the meeting was asked why he was against about two million people within the LGBT community in Lagos and about an attack of about 40 members of the LGBT community in Lagos. In his response, he said

“I have never made a statement against the LGBT community, I don’t recall ever making such a statement. So wherever your source came from, that is grossly inadequate. That said, the 40 incidents that you mentioned, I am not aware of it. As you might know, I am no longer governor of Lagos state, I ceased to be governor in 2015.”

Fashola's clarification comes 24 hours after the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, asked President Buhari and other Commonwealth leader to suspend all anti-same sex laws.