Nigeria defended its human rights record at the Universal periodic review mechanism of the UN Human Rights Council and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Ojo Madueke, presented an overview of Nigeria’s human rights policies and adressed issues on the rights of women, the death penalty and Nigeria’s Justice system, the Niger Delta, extra judicial killing and the state of prisons.
During his presentation, Chief Ojo Madueke, said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs could not include any gay people in consultations on the human rights situation in Nigeria as the Nigerian government has been unable to locate any gay people in Nigeria.,
He said that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs located only one lesbian and when she was invited to participate in a discussion on the rights of gay and lesbians, she told the ministry that she was pregnant