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“Adultery Is A Crime Liable To Two Years Imprisonment”- Police Officer Enlightens Nigerians
A police officer identified as Aliyu Giwa on Twitter, has enlightened Nigerians about the consequences of adultery.
According to officer Aliyu, Adultery is a crime liable to two years imprisonment.
His tweet reads:
“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. Adultery by a Woman
Whoever, being a man/woman subject to any customary law in which extra-marital sexual inter-course is recognised
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.
#KnowThisWithAleeyGiwa”
