Adultery Is Punishable By Law- Police Superintendent Reveals
AFNews Reporter
Jul 04, 2022
Adultery Is Punishable By Law- Police Superintendent Reveals
A superintendent in the Nigeria Police Force, and assistant Force Police Relations Officer, Giwa Aliyu has warned Nigerians to stay away from adultery as it is a criminal offense that attracts two years imprisonment.
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Giwa who disclosed this via his official Twitter account wrote, "Do you know? Adultery is a crime liable to 2 years imprisonment! The "PANEL CODE LAW" section 387 & 388 state: 387. Adultery by a man 388.
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"Adultery by a Woman Whoever, being a man/woman subject to any customary law in which extra-marital sexual inter-course is recognised
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"As a criminal offence, has sexual intercourse with a person who is not and whom he knows or has reason to believe is not his wife/husband, such sexual intercourse not amounting to the offence of rape, is guilty of the offence of adultery and shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with a fine or with both."
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