Inside Nigeria’s deadly attacks for being LGBTQ+: ‘I thought I’d be lynched’
- Posted on June 24, 2026
- By The Independent
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Inside Nigeria’s deadly attacks for being LGBTQ+: ‘I thought I’d be lynched’
Chief international correspondent Bel Trew investigates the world of ‘kito’ attacks in Nigeria where members of the LGBTQ+ community are catfished online, kidnapped, beaten and extorted by gangs in a rising surge of violence and hatred