19-year-old Housewife Jailed 3 Months For Cheating On Husband

An Abuja Magistrate Court, yesterday, sentenced a 19-year-old housewife, Blessing Bisala top three months imprisonment after she was found guilty of having “unlawful” s*xual relationship with her 34-year-old lover. Bisala was convicted after she pleaded guilty to the charge of adultery, for which she was arraigned by the police, while the lover pleaded not guilty.

“My Lord, I am guilty of cheating on my husband,” Bisala said. “I want the court to pardon me.”

Police prosecutor, Insp. Phillip Appolos, had said that the convict’s husband, reported the matter at the Life Camp Police Station on September 1. He alleged that the convict’s husband caught her in the act in a guest house in Life Camp, Abuja and immediately alerted a police patrol team attached to Life Camp Division. According to him, the team led by Insp. Abdul Ogbe, arrested the two lovers and brought them to the police station. Appolos said that the offence contravened the provisions of Section 387 and 388 of the Penal Code. Magistrate Fati Tafida ruled: “Based on the admittance of the accused to committing the crime, and the evidence before the court, she is, hereby, sentenced to three months in prison, with an option of N1,000 fine, as a first offender.” He admitted the convict’s lover to bail in the sum of N100,000, with a reliable surety, and adjourned the case to September 23, to enable the court continue with the trial of the lover.