Thursday, 11 October 2012
Calabar: Nigeria's Lesbian Capital City
Mrs. Janet Ishi of Orok Orok Street,
Calabar, capital of Cross River State, is
currently a worried woman. The source
of her bother is her eldest daughter,
Eno, whose sexual preference is less
than conventional. Eno is a member of
the city's growing tribe of lesbians.
And they are found everywhere-civil
service, army, police as well as
secondary and tertiary institutions.
Queen, a dark-skinned beauty, told
AMEBONEWS that lesbians usually seek
partners among teenage secondary
school, polytechnic and university
students. Places like Halls 8 and 9
(Winnie Mandela Hall), Female Medical
Students' Hostel and the School of
Nursing Hostel-all at the University of
Calabar; Cross River University of
Technology female hostel, Federal
Government Girls' College hostels and
female hostels in private schools are
pools where lesbians go to fish.
Ufot, a 19-year-old girl Law student,
told this magazine that several girls
approached her at the University of
Calabar's Winnie Mandela Hostel, but
she rejected their overtures. However,
while visiting Abuja during a semester
break, she was introduced to
lesbianism. "My sister's neighbour kept
coming to our room to woo me each
time my sister was out. She was the one
that bought this Nokia X3 phone for me
and often gives me money. Each time I
made a move to return to school, she
would weep and discourage me from
going back. It was when she travelled
that I left Abuja," she said.
Lesbians, as heterosexuals do, also
keep regular partners and get jealous
the same way.
Adun (not real name), a journalist with a
national daily, narrated his experience
with Cynthia, a girl he thought was
going to be meeting his sexual needs. "I
took her out to all the nice places in
Calabar just to put her in the mood, but
she was not forthcoming. I had to make
some enquires about her and was told
by some people who knew her that she
is a lesbian and that she has two female
sex partners in the neighbourhood," he
said.
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