- Partner Convicted, Sentenced To Six Months Jail Term
A 39-year-old civil servant, Iroghama Charles, on Wednesday, appeared before a Gwagwalada Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly impregnating a married woman.
The police charged Charles, who lives in Chukukun Kuje Area Council, FCT with enticing a married woman.
The Prosecution Counsel, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the complainant Kayode Akande, who lives in Chukukun Kuje Area Council, FCT, reported the matter at the police station on July 13.
Yakubu said that the defendant enticed the complainant’s wife, Justina Kayode and on the process had s3xual intercourse with her.
He said that the act resulted in pregnancy which the defendant went further and gave the complainant’s wife oral medication in order to terminate the pregnancy.
The prosecutor said the offence contravenes the provisions of Section 389 of the Penal Code. The defendant however pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Chief Magistrate Aliyu Shafa admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200, 000 with one surety in like sum.
Shafa ordered that the surety must reside within the jurisdiction of the court.
He adjourned the case till August 30 for hearing.
Meanwhile, the Court sentenced the second defendant, Justina Kayode to six months imprisonment for adultery.
The police had charged Justina, a 32-year-old housewife, alongside her partner, Iroghama Charles, both of Chukukun village, on three counts bordering on criminal conspiracy and adultery.
Magistrate Yusuf Ibrahim sentenced her to six months imprisonment with an option of fine of N5,000, after she pleaded guilty to the charges.
