A Minna Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday
sentenced five randy men to three years imprisonment each after they admitted
committing adultery.
They
were, however, given an option of N150, 000 fines each.
The
accused–Mohammed Faruk, Johnbosco Dedan, David Momoh, Sunday Ekuese and Vincent
Emmanuel–were arraigned alongside Naomi Abdulmajeed, on a two-count charge of
enticing a married woman and committing adultery.
The
Prosecutor, Insp. Emmanuel Danladi, had told the court that one Abdulmajeed
Akin of Tunga, Minna,
reported the matter at the Tudun Wada Police Station on April 28.
Danladi
quoted the complainant as alleging that his wife, Naomi, had an intimate
relationship with the other accused persons who each had sex with her on
different occasions and at different venues.
He
said that some of the accused persons were said to have slept with
complainant’s wife in her matrimonial home.
The
offences, he said, were contrary to
sections 389, 387 and 388 of the penal code.
When
the charges were read to the accused persons, they all pleaded guilty and
begged the court for leniency.
The
prosecutor thereafter asked the court to try
them summarily in line with section 157 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
He
also prayed the court to order the accused persons to pay a compensation of
N500, 000 each to the complainant.
Counsel
to the accused persons, Obi Alex, however, prayed the court to temper justice
with mercy given their admission without
wasting the time of the court.
Delivering
his judgment, the presiding magistrate, Mohammed Hassan, sentenced the accused
persons to three years imprisonment each
or a fine of N150, 000 each.
He,
however, ordered the complainant’s wife to
pay a fine of N10,000 only.
The
judge also ordered the other five accused
to each pay a compensation of N100,000 to the complainant
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