The legislation won the support of LGBT advocates and several religious organisations and entities, including the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The accused persons who had no legal representation to plead their case were found guilty of sodomy and thereby sentenced by the Islamic court.
Mr Maduagwu sent shock waves through Nollywood late last year when he was allegedly sexually assaulted on a Lagos movie set in 2012.
Bolu Okupe declared himself as gay on Instagram, enraging his politician father who has long professed his evangelical bona fides.
