Nigerian police officer, Giwa Aliyu, who is additionally a superintendent in the Nigeria Police Force, and Assistant Force Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos has urged Nigerians to flee from adultery, disclosing that it is a criminal offense that could lead to two years imprisonment. S.P Giwa Aliyu who announced this piece of information via his official Twitter account, yesterday wrote:
“Do you know? Adultery is a crime liable to 2 years imprisonment! The “PANEL CODE LAW” sections 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 recognized”
“As a criminal offence, having 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 offense of rape, is guilty of the offense of adultery and shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years or with a fine or with both.” He further added in his tweet.
