The Delta State Police Command has arrested over 200 men for attending what it described as a “gay wedding” on Monday.

The Command’s spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, said in a statement on Tuesday that officers initially confronted the first suspect on Sunday for dressing as a woman, despite being a man.

Upon interrogation, the suspect, who claimed to be an actor, allegedly confessed to belonging to a “gay society”.

One of the suspects told the police that he was on his way to a wedding ceremony taking place at a hotel.

Officers raided the facility around 2 am on Monday and arrested “about 200 suspects, majority of who were dressed like females”, the statement said.

After screening the suspects, the command paraded 67 of them while officers continued investigations.

“We’re bringing this out to the world to note, that we’re in Africa and Nigeria. We cannot copy the Western world. We have our culture and rules of the land. We cannot watch and fold our arms, and I can guarantee the suspects will be charged to court,” Edafe said.

Many of the suspects who spoke to journalists denied the allegations, insisting that they were only attending an “all-white party”.

Only one of them admitted to being gay “for four years”.