An Abuja Magistrate
Court, yesterday,
sentenced a 19-year-old housewife, Blessing Bisala top three months
imprisonment after she was found guilty of having “unlawful” s*xual
relationship with her 34-year-old lover.
Bisala was convicted after she pleaded guilty to the charge of adultery, for
which she was arraigned by the police, while the lover pleaded not guilty.
“My Lord, I am guilty of cheating on my husband,” Bisala said. “I want the
court to pardon me.”
Police prosecutor, Insp. Phillip Appolos, had said that the convict’s husband,
reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station on September 1.
He alleged that the convict’s husband caught her in the act in a guest house
in Life Camp, Abuja and immediately alerted a police patrol team attached
to Life Camp Division.
According to him, the team led by Insp. Abdul Ogbe, arrested the two lovers
and brought them to the police station.
Appolos said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 387 and
388 of the Penal Code.
Magistrate Fati Tafida ruled: “Based on the admittance of the accused to
committing the crime, and the evidence before the court, she is, hereby,
sentenced to three months in prison, with an option of N1,000 fine, as a
first offender.”
He admitted the convict’s lover to bail in the sum of N100,000, with a
reliable surety, and adjourned the case to September 23, to enable the
court continue with the trial of the lover.