When I was home in Nigeria in 1986 I read how prisoners in Lagos had clubbed to death an inmate who made advances to them. Though the man cried for help, warders pretended not to hear. No prisoner was brought to justice. People just preferred to ignore the matter. On the whole the ideal life for most Nigerians involves husbands, wives and children.
People are conventional.
To most people homosexuality is very much alternative and abnormal sex. On some university campuses there are said to be homosexuals - but not like in the West. Most do not want to be identified as gays. As for seeking their rights - we are still a very long way from that. Buchi Emecheta is a Nigerian writer, based in London.