{"id":19545,"date":"2024-09-10T12:23:30","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:23:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=19545"},"modified":"2024-09-10T12:23:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T12:23:30","slug":"meiran-hotelier-on-the-run-after-being-caught-in-alleged-homosexual-encounter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/?p=19545","title":{"rendered":"Meiran Hotelier on the Run After Being Caught in Alleged Homosexual Encounter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p2\">A hotelier in Meiran, a suburb of Lagos, is on the run after being caught in an alleged homosexual act with another man.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Acting on a tip-off, security operatives raided the hotel and reportedly caught the hotelier in the act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">In Nigeria, same-sex relationships are illegal and carry severe penalties under the law. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">Sources suggest that the hotel, whose name has been withheld, has long been suspected of serving as a refuge for same-sex activities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">During the raid, the hotelier reportedly pleaded with the security operatives to be discreet and promised to cooperate. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">He requested to be allowed to dress up before accompanying them to Panti, the Lagos State Criminal Investigation Department.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">However, as the officers waited in the hotel\u2019s reception, the hotelier managed to escape by scaling the fence, evading arrest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">His partner, described as his \u201clover boy,\u201d was apprehended by the authorities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">The hotel&#8217;s manager was also taken into custody, and the premises have since been sealed off as investigations continue.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A hotelier in Meiran, a suburb of Lagos, is on the run after being caught in an alleged homosexual act with another man.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19545"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19547,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19545\/revisions\/19547"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/19546"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theblogonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}