A 32 year old Muslim gay man has fled Ghana in fear attack amid rising homophobia against the LGBTQI Community.

Abdul Majeed Abubakari says he had to flee Ghana in the wake of a new Bill laid before Parliament, prescribing years of prison sentences for gay people, which he says has eventually made him and his partners "subject of lynching".

He has suffered series of homophobic attacks and escaped in February this year when an angry mob broke into his home at odd hours.

Abubakar in late 2017 was beaten and had kept receiving death threats from an anti-LGBTQI+ task force in Nima, a suburb in Accra.

He has been a subject of severe beaten,  from the angry mob after he was accused of being the leader of a gay group in the Muslim-dominated community.

He and five of his colleagues faced the wrath of the inter-religious task force on Monday night, resulting in cuts on top of both eyes.

Two members of the task force had pretended to be a interested to join the  LGBTQI group, grabbing the opportunity to be part of the six in their hideout.

But as they were allowed into their apartment, the two gave a tip off, let the door opened for the mob to rush into the room.

They assaulted them, whipped and chased them out of their own rented apartment , and LGBT activist told the media.

They also forced, him to give them his accomplices outside Ghana, which he refused.

But early this month, in a telephone conversation with Ghanaguardian correspondent,  Abubakari, who refused to tell his whereabouts, said he feels sad his rights were not being respected in a democratic country like Ghana, expressing fear for the future of the gay community.

“My friends in Ghana are scared, they don’t know what will happen to them in the future so they’re just trying to hide,” Abubakar said.

"Every gay person is now a subject of lynching and the law seems to be on their side now.

"No one is ready to support any gay person in our rights for sexual orientation."

LGBTQI group in Ghana have been under serious threat both from religious and political institutions

According to Abubakar,  the threat to LGBT people in Ghana is so worrying and believes more people will run for their lives.

Human Rights activists have called on leadership to urgently help people who are at risk of torture and death in the hands of the anti gay task force.

Many members of the community who do not agree with the acts of the anti LGBTQI+ group are tight-lipped for the fear of reprisal attack.

The threat to LGBTQI+ in Ghana

Following the recent bill by Ghana's parliament to ban activities of LGBTQI, communities have been emboldened, which has resulted in reprisal attack against the few LGBTQI+ communities in Ghana.
Report by ghanaguardian correspondent indicates that a statement by President of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo that "gay practice will not be allowed in Ghana" under his watch is gaining momentum.
Youth groups nationwide have vowed to fight the canker with their last blood to ensure homosexuality will not have a place in Ghana.

Speaking at the opening of the second Archbishop of the Anglican Church of Ghana at Asante Mampong in the Ashanti region on Saturday 27th February 2021, Akufo-Addo repeated the words he’s said time and time before.

“I have said this before, let me in conclusion stress again,” the New
Patriotic Party leader said, “that it will not be under the presidency of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that same-sex marriage will be legal, that same sex marriage will be legalized in Ghana, it will never happen in my time as
President".
After one of Ghana’s few LGBT+ rights group opened a new office and community safe space, it became a target for conservative criticism, signalling the depth of anger felt towards the queer office, which after receiving the backing from European Union officials, has become a pinched battle ground between a fledgling queer rights group and a small but powerful cadre of religious conservatives.
National security officers stormed the building and forcibly closed the
premises.

Now leaders of LGBT+ Rights Ghana fear for their safety.
In Ghana, homosexuality is illegal and anti-LGBT+ sentiment is common, spouted by lawmakers and religious leaders and codified by its colonial-era
laws.
Queer residents have escaped being burned alive by vigilantes, robbed,
abused and blackmailed by Grindr catfishers and the country’s chief imam 6aahas blamed the coronavirus on “transgender and lesbianism” and called LGBT+ people “demonic“.
Alban Sumana Bagbin, one of the most powerful politicians in the country and the current Speaker of parliament, made the incendiary comment as lawmakers filed a bill that, if passed, would criminalise the “promotion, advocacy, funding and act of homosexuality in all its forms,” one legislator sponsoring it said.

“I can tell you that it is more than COVID-19, and I am happy that our
beloved country, Ghana, is together in this," Alban Sumana Bagbin said.

“The president Nana Akufo-Addo has spoken, our traditional leaders have spoken, our religious leaders have spoken together, and Ghanaians have spoken with one voice, and we don’t want to do anything that has to do with LGBT+ activities," Hon. Alban Sumana Bagbin said.