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A 47-year-old man, Abdulfatai Mohammed Jamiu was yesterday sentenced to one-year imprisonment by a Shari’a court at Magajin Gari in Kaduna metropolis after he was found guilty of having an illicit affair with another man’s wife.
The convict was also given 100 lashes of the cane in front of many spectators as ordered by the shari’a court.
Delivering his ruling, the presiding Judge, Malam Ibrahim Mohammed Inuwa said the court’s decision was in line with Section 122 (2) of the Shari’a Criminal Court (SCC) for offenders who are found guilty dating another man’s wife.
The court also adjourned further proceedings in respect of the accused wife, Aisha Isa to 15th July, 2008 at the same court.
The judge had earlier been told the same accused persons had been dating each other and had two children outside wedlock.