A Magistrate court in Birnin Kebbi,has ordered the remand in a correctional center in Birnin Kebbi one Oyenbuce Okafor for committing adultery for many years which led to impregnating one Mansura with whom he was arraigned.
They were arrested by Hisbah in Birnin Kebbi and handed over to the police for investigation and prosecution.
In the course of investigation it was revealed that, Onyebuci and Mansura have been in a long illicit affair and already had a child.
According to the complaint Mansura who approached hisbah when Onyebuci requested to take custody of the three years old baby which was turned down by her parents for religious and ethnic reasons.
The police prosecutor, Jibrin Abba ,told the court that, Okafor and Mansura confessed to having been in a long illicit affair which produced a baby boy.
In his ruling,Magistrate Mungadi Samaila,said the offence they committed is contrary to section 369 of the panel code.
He ordered that the duo should be remanded in prison custody and adjourned the the matter till next week
till a later date in July.
Okafor’s lawyer who applied for bail was countered by the police prosecutor who said that, the accused once jumped with on another case at another court in kebbi state.
In a related development, mister Onyenbuci has filed a case against hisbah at the federal high court in Birnin Kebbi for defamation of character which the complaint challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain a case pending in another court.
