Nigeria 'lesbian football ban' reports examined by Fifa

Football's world governing body Fifa has written to the Nigerian Football Association over claims lesbians are now banned from playing football there. 

Dilichukwu Onyedinma, chair of the Nigeria Women Football League (NWFL), was quoted as making the statement. 

 "Any player associated with it will be disqualified," she is quoted as saying. 

While contravening Fifa's anti-discrimination policies,  the situation is made more complicated because homosexuality is illegal in Nigeria. 

Currently, a Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Bill that specifically outlaws same-sex unions is awaiting a signature from president Goodluck Jonathan to go in to law. 

If that occurs, gatherings of homosexuals or any other support for gay clubs, organisations, unions - whether in secret or in public -will be banned, with same-sex couples facing up to 14 years in prison.

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