Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court in Abuja has remanded two lovers, Mohammed Nazifi and Bilkisu Ibrahim in the Suleja Correctional Centre, pending sentencing on Jan. 29, after they were convicted for adultery.
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The Magistrate, Olatunji Oladunmoye, ordered that the convicts be remanded in the correctional facility following their summary trial, in which they pleaded guilty to the one-count charge of adultery on Wednesday.
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Both Nazifi, 30, and Bilkisu, 25, who reside in Gui Village Airport Road, Abuja, however, pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.
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Nazifi told the court that he was not aware of Bilikisu’s married status.
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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.
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Bilkisu, 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.
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“I am aware that under any custom, it is an offence to sleep with any man you are not married to. I practice Islam, I know it is an offence to sleep with another man when still married.
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“I am still married to the complainant, and my youngest child is three years old. I plead with my husband to forgive me, and for the court to show me mercy,” Bilkisu pleaded.
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Earlier, the Prosecutor, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the complainant, Mr Dayabe Abdullahi of Chibiri village, Kuje, Abuja, reported the matter at the Area Command, Gwagwalada, Abuja on Jan. 16.
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Yakubu said that the convicts conspired and had sexual intercourse, and both confessed to the crime in their statements.
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He said that the offence contravened the provisions of sections 387 and 388 of the Penal Code.
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