TV01:
Thanks Mysticgal for the well researched input and 5minsmadness for your points.

I don't believe rape should be alleged, let alone chargeable/prosecuted between spouses. Marriage pre-dates the law, and as such the law should at best seek to support and buttress the institution, not meddle - and in a lopsided fashion - especially with regard to Christian marriages from my pov.

Neither a husband or wife should be charged with forced or coercive intercourse. Not unless there is real (and in some cases non-consensual) physical harm should the state even be involved. Then charges of battery may be considered and Christianity would agree with that.

From a Christian pov, spouses own each others bodies and should not deny the others calling. If forced or coerced intercourse is rape, then withholding intimacy - unless by consent or due to some valid reason - should also be chargeable. It is not currently on any statutes as far as I am aware.

I couldn't bear to look at my wife - always jumping my bones when I want to snooze, watch the boxing come to NL etc. - and think of her as a rapist


TV

You are welcome sir

5minsmadness:

My guess:
You rebuked her friend.
She didn't see when her friend mentioned your as*.
Or called your contribution a load of crap.

I never knew
Good evening

truthsayer007:


Yea, because the girl i dated back then in school was a law student, she had huge impact on me.

Marry a lawyer or marry no onw

mysticgal:
Marry a lawyer or marry no onw

Super bae how you dey

peeparty:


Super bae how you dey

I am's fine

mysticgal:

Marry a lawyer or marry no onw

Whats a "onw" ?

mysticgal:
^^^^MMotimo
You are wrong there.
A wife cannot accuse her husband of rape and stealing especially if they are married under the Christian marriage, which means they were married in court or the church, mind you, this does not apply to couple married only traditionally. And the law of rape would only apply when they are separated or divorced

Actually, I am right . Why? Your argument is predicated on forceful sexual intercourse not being rape in Nigeria if the victim is a spouse because the activity does not meet the definition of rape in the Nigerian criminal code. Notice how I already clearly stated "if it meets the definition" I said that because I realize that different countries have different criminal codes. So, again, if it meets the definition in a certain gepgraphic region, then it is rape. If it doesn't, then it is not. I do not speak in absolutes about matters I am not sure of thus my language. If I had said it is rape in Nigeria, then I would have been wrong if it in fact does not meet the definition.

I do not have any other legal opinion about the references you provided (it would make for very awkward conversation with my husband's Nigerian lawyer friends) but I get that the references you provide support that it is not rape in Nigeria.

It is indeed sad that in the context of Nigerian law, (taking your references at face value), a sexual predator could get married and live out all his violent fantasies in the name of matrimony, repeatedly raping his wife because the law enables him. Makes you wonder why such archaic laws still exist in the 21 st century. Thankfully, in many other countries, the criminal code rightly recognizes such activity as rape.