A group of Nigerian legislators are moving in roughly the same direction as a similar group in Uganda; enacting national legislation to criminalize same-sex marriage, and impose stiff penalties on anyone who “witnesses, abets and aids the solemnization of a same gender marriage contract.”
Thinking Anglicans has excellent post bringing together the story of what is happening in Nigeria with commentary from Box Turtle and this bit about the stance of the Anglican Church of Nigeria:
“Peeved by the growing malaise of sexual immorality in the country, Primate, Church of Nigeria, the Anglican Communion, Most Rev. Nicholas D. Okoh, has described the practice of homosexuality, lesbianism and gay marriage as great evils that must neither be condoned nor allowed to further exist in our society…”
More here.