Court convicts lovers for adultery
A Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, has remanded two lovers, Mohammed Nazifi and Bilkisu Ibrahim in the Suleja prison, pending sentencing on January 29, after they were convicted for adultery. The magistrate, Olatunji Oladunmoye, ordered that the convicts be remanded in prison, following their summary trial, in which they pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of adultery, yesterday. Both Nazifi, 30, and Ibrahim, 25, who reside in Gui Village Airport Road, Abuja, however, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy. Nazifi told the court that he was not aware of Bilikisu’s married status. While Nazifi admitted to the court that their sexual intercourse was mutual, he, however, pleaded with the complainant to forgive him, and for the court to show him mercy. Ibrahim, who corroborated Nazifi’s statement, told the court that though she had consensual intercourse with him, she did not disclose her marital status to him. “I am aware that under any custom, it is ...