A Nigerian court has sentenced a man to 18 months in jail after he admitted he dressed up as a woman.
Uche Ndubuisi was arrested loitering around Lagos international airport. He pleaded guilty after women's clothes and makeup that belonged to him were brought in evidence.
The BBC's Umar Elleman in Lagos says at the time of his arrest last week police said he was trying to extort money from travellers.
Lagos is not a sharia state, but has recently seen police arrest women for wearing revealing clothes. Cross dressing in Nigeria is linked by authorities to homosexuality, which is illegal in the country.
Another 18 men face charges of vagrancy and indecent behaviour in the sharia-run northern state of Bauchi after they were arrested in a hotel allegedly dressed as women.
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