those damn dykes!

Lesbians stir rage in Nigeria

Muslim cops pursue actress, 4 wives

BY CORKY SIEMASZKO
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

Saturday, April 28th 2007, 4:00 AM

A nervy Nigerian lesbian decided that if Muslim men can have four wives - then she can too.

But now 45-year-old Aunty Maiduguri and her four wives are on the run from the Islamic police and could face death by stoning if caught.

"As defenders of Sharia law, we shall not allow this unhealthy development to take place," said Ustaz Abdulkarim Rabo, deputy commander of the Hisbah, which enforces Islamic law in Nigeria's Kano State. "We are investigating the matter with a view to find the culprits and punish them."

An actress in Kano's burgeoning video industry, Maiduguri stoked outrage by staging an elaborate wedding at a theater on Sunday.

Maiduguri, who is also a Muslim, invited 2,000 people to bear witness as she married Aisha Yola, Maryam Soba, Hadiza Single Baby and Hadiza Maiduguri.

That didn't sit well with some Muslim men, who tried to disrupt the ceremony and were "overwhelmed by thugs," Nigeria's This Day newspaper reported.

But when the Hisbah was called, Maiduguri and her spouses scrammed. Meanwhile, local officials took out their fury on the theater, demolishing the building.

Nigeria is half-Muslim, half-Christian. Eleven of the country's mostly Muslim northern states have adopted strict Sharia law. And under Rabo's interpretation of that law, Maiduguri faces being buried up to her neck in sand - and then battered with stones until her skull cracks.

Four years ago a Nigerian woman nearly met that fate after she was accused of adultery. Amina Lawal had fallen for a cad - after she was divorced - and had his baby. But she was saved when a Nigerian appeals court - under worldwide pressure - tossed out the death sentence and overturned her conviction.

csiemaszko@nydailynews.com