Madigo, luwadi, bisexual, da transgender (LGBT) a Arewacin Najeriya suna fuskantar ƙalubale na musamman na doka da na zamantakewa waɗanda waɗanda ba mazauna LGBT ba suka fuskanta. Dokar tarayya ta haramta duk wani nau'i na ayyukan Luwaɗi da auren jinsi kuma ta sanya hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru 14 ga waɗanda aka samu da laifi. Yayin da tsarin shari’ar Malikiyya da aka yi amfani da shi a jihohi 12 ba shi da hukunce-hukuncen hukumci ga marasa aure, amma ta tanadi hukuncin kisa ga ma’aurata. Najeriya dai ta sha suka sosai daga kungiyoyin kare haƙƙin bil'adama da na fararen hula, da kuma Majalisar Dinkin Duniya, saboda ƙin amincewa da haƙƙoƙin ƴan LGBT. Sashi na 284 na kundin hukunta manyan laifuka na Arewacin Najeriya, dokar tanadin tarayya, wanda ya shafi dukkan jihohin arewacin Najeriya, ya tanadi cewa: Duk wanda ya yi jima'i ta jiki ba tare da tsari na dabi'a da kowane namiji ko mace ko dabba ba, za a yanke masa hukuncin zaman gidan yari na tsawon shekaru goma sha huɗu sannan kuma za a biya shi tara.