A gay leader of the Changing Attitude Nigeria (CAN) group says he feared for his life after a mob attack outside a funeral ceremony in Port Harcourt on Thursday.

"I have never known fear like I knew when they were brutalizing me. I thought they were going to kill me there and then," says the victim, who did not want to be named.

While hymn singing was going on for a group member, a muscular man walked up to the man and asked for a word outside the compound.

"The next thing I saw was a mob group who were there to attack me. They started slapping and punching me, kicked me on the ground and spat on me.

"While beating me they were shouting: 'You notorious homosexual, you think can run away from us for your notorious group to cause more abomination in our land?'

"I am in total shock and living in fear while feeling the pains," the victim said.

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