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I think only rape, sex with minors, leaking of nude pics or sextapes without consent,paedophilia and child marriage should be criminalized.


Sex between two or more consenting adults is nobody else's business.

You can't legislate emotions, genius.
We don't live in a theocracy.
So much wasted energy in writing up that trash essay,you make absolutely no sense.

globalresource:
Backward mindset....why not criminalise things that takes Nigeria backward like looting, bad leadership,nepotism and infringe on human right etc

Rather we are talking about adultery. Nonsense

Louder!

ofcourse. Adultery is a terrible sin. If its possible, creating laws would be absolutely beautiful.

There are so many bible verses Christians can learn from like this one

https://faithfulchristian.net/adultery-what-does-the-bible-say-15-bible-verses-examples/

But will they?

TroubleMaker47:
Mtcheeeeeew.. If dey should criminalize it men would be by far the highest culprits!
Because when it comes to cheating, women are the most subtly! A women can cheat consistently for 10yrs without her husband having the slvightest idea

Those men found guilty are sleeping with dogs ni abi...

90% of Nigerians should be expected to be offender of this one crime.

ednut1:
forcing and manipulating pple to get married should be criminalised instead. abroad no one cares if you are married or no. but 9ja from church, to house to work, to party, when are u getting married, time don dey go , i want my grand child, marry him he can provide bla bla bla, many then end up with people they don't like then dem go begin cheat

Apart from your parents, ignore everyone disturbing you about marriage. Don't pay em attention.

No cause the middle east prove it is a law for women only to be punished.

They should criminalize being an idiot

Pavore9:
Fornication and adultery are moral issues not criminal.

Same with homosexuality, but it is criminalized in Nigeria.

So what makes it difference?

Nathan2016:
Same with homosexuality, but it is criminalized in Nigeria.

So what makes it difference?

Homosexuality is of a different frame.

Who will criminalize it?

The same National Assembly members that are active adulterers, funding some actresses lavish lifestyles? Bring another talk abeg

causimalbarka:
Those men found guilty are sleeping with dogs ni abi...

Adultery is rarely commitment by 2 persons!
If a married man sleeps with a runz girl.
The man has committed adultery why the lady committed fornication.
You can only commit adulttery after you have made "a vow" before an authority (marriage)

Criminalized kee...diswan wan carry every Nigerian man enter prison ooh.

Unless on the ground of forceful s. ex (rape), adultery remains an internal (couples) issue. If your spouse cheats on you, sue him/her to court and get a divorce for bridging the marital contract.

That's the only legitimate way to handle adultery under the law. You cannot prosecute the man or woman your spouse chooses to sleep with out of uncontrolled emotions or gullibility.

The law already made provisions for adultery. Why you want to punish the "intruder" over an "offence" your spouse consented to is what I do not understand. Leave the law out of your unwisely-made marital choices.

Pavore9:
Homosexuality is of a different frame.

How is it different.

Its still under morality.

Why should it be criminalized.

Menh remove sentiment and you will find your hypocricy.


If all things being equal, fornication and adultury should be criminalized and even without sentiment someone who comitted adultery is more of a criminal than a homo sexual becos in an igbo land marrying a girl is more or less buying her (bride price).

So someone coming in to take ur possession and use it without your consent is more criminal than two adult of same seex with consent from both sides

Nathan2016:
How is it different.

Its still under morality.

Why should it be criminalized.

Menh remove sentiment and you will find your hypocricy.


If all things being equal, fornication and adultury should be criminalized and even without sentiment someone who comitted adultery is more of a criminal than a homo sexual becos in an igbo land marrying a girl is more or less buying her (bride price).

So someone coming in to take ur possession and use it without your consent is more criminal than two adult of same seex with consent from both sides

Homosexuality is a crime and nothing will change that. It is the greatest crime against humanity. Think about it, if everyone decides to go homo say for 15-20 years, do you know what would become of the world you live in? Why breed what you can't contain?

Acidosis:
Homosexuality is a crime and nothing will change that. It is the greatest crime against humanity. Think about it, if everyone decides to go homo say for 15-20 years, do you know what would become of the world you live in? Why breed what you can't contain?

Well, you are being a hypocrite.

I am a Christain and homosexuality is against my religion and I find it a sinful act. But I will never support the criminalization of homosexuality in Nigeria unless adultery and fornication joins in.

If you begin to imagine things now, think about it, what if everyone decides to fornication among themselves say 15 - 20 years, do you know what would become of the world we live in?


Now the leaders who criminalize homosexuality send their children to contries where it is not a criminal offense. Have you ask you selve Y?


Lets say the USA make it a law to allow armed robbers to go about without being delt be the law and Nigeria make it a law to jail all armed robbers and you get mind to send your child to a country that allows armed robbers, Why?

Spiritscience:
By O’star Eze
Though adultery is one of the cardinal sins in the ten commandments of the Christian Bible, there seems to be a relaxed view of it in modern times. O’star Eze looks at what the people think about its status in the Nigerian law and whether it should be criminalised.

The recent adultery saga involving Ifeanyi Azotani whose wife, Tochukwu, accompanied by her sister, Ogochukwu Nwankwo stripped his mistress, Ogochukwu Okafor naked, and flogged her while videoing and later allegedly uploading the act on the internet, as well as the resultant outcome came as an eye opener to many who did not know that except in northern Nigeria, the act of sleeping with another man’s wife or another woman’s husband is no issue in the eyes of the Nigerian law.

In fact, the three principal actors involved in the crime were paraded like common criminals and were charged to court, while the alleged adulterer walked away with her head held high.

According to sections 387 and 388 of the Nigerian Penal Act, 1960, adultery is an offence only in the northern part of Nigeria. It is not an offence in the western, eastern and southern parts of Nigeria. Hence, adultery as a crime in states in Northern Nigeria, is punishable with 2 years imprisonment and or with an option of fine. In the other parts of Nigeria, no person can be charged to court for adultery.

Incidentally, while adultery is not a crime in the eyes of the law, the Nigeria law still says that when intolerable adultery has been proven, it can provide ground for the dissolution of a marriage, according to section 15 (2) (b) and section 26 of the Nigerian Matrimonial Causes Act; Anagbado v. Anagbado.

Arguments against criminalising adultery in Nigeria
The argument in support of keeping adultery out of the law court holds that adultery law in application tends to be gender sensitive, victimizing the female in the act while the male co-perpetrator goes scot free. Dr Jennifer Mike of the American University of Nigeria captured it thus;
“Adultery laws in Nigeria have deep Puritan roots of historical underpinnings in colonial English Common Law as well as Islamic jurisprudence.

“In medieval and early modern Europe, women were executed for adultery as a form of deterring them from the act. Some were Agnese Visconti (in 1391) and Catherine Howard, wife of Henry the VIII, (in 1542), both decapitated for allegedly engaging in adultery.
“The sharia penal code in Nigeria also prescribes death as punishment for adultery. An example is the section 126 v 127 of the Sharia Penal Code of Zamfara State”.
She gave example of the case of Safiya Hussaini, a nursing mother, and divorcee, who was charged with adultery and sentenced to death by stoning in 2002. The man involved with her, however, was not found with enough evidence to be convicted.

Another woman, Amina Lawal from Katsina was charged with conceiving outside wedlock and sentenced to death, but the father of the child was released for lack of evidence to convict him.
Dr Mike said in the African society women become victims of social discriminations while the men are allowed to keep concubines. She said that while she does not support adultery, she thinks that the parties involved should be allowed to settle their matter in divorce courts.

“The counterfeit pleasures of an illicit affair can never compensate for the severe emotional distress it causes to parties, children, and the society at large. However, criminalizing adulterous acts goes against the spirit of the constitutional provisions that guarantee individuals the right to life and will have a more devastating effect.

“Alternatively, morality should be better defined, as an argument for maintaining the laws and should be adequately enforced. If the legislation is meant to deter adultery because at the moment the law is redundant in its very purpose,” she submitted.

Supporting Dr Mike, Barrister Mbazulike Amechi, a Nigerian legal practitioner and politician reiterated that adultery is more of a moral cum religious thing and should be left out of the criminal law system. His argument was that Nigeria has not adopted a state religion and “therefore bringing in things that will encumber our laws with religious injunctions could be harmful.”

On the premise that adultery leads to other crimes like battery and murder, Barrister Amechi said that there are several other factors that cause the listed crimes and that adultery is the least of the factors and should therefore be left alone by the legal system.
“Adultery is not the biggest issue before us. Why sensationalise it. How many crimes or homicides are direct results of adultery compared to alcohol, smoking and other similar factors? Moral codes could be interpreted in various ways depending on cultures and experiences. Could there then be legal adultery where one at the invitation of the couple engages in adultery with one of the spouses as in Igboland where people seek a male issue or in case of cultures where a woman marries a woman to maintain a bloodline and the duty falls on a married member of the family. The issue is better left as it is. You cannot codify it else you may kill the whole country,” he said.

Towing the same line, Barrister Daniel Nwafor, said that it is not the business of the law to enforce morality. He argued that given that adultery is sexual intercourse with consent between two persons out of whom one is married, the law should focus on more offensive acts and not moralities.

In his words, “criminalizing immorality will bring concussion because we would not know which sense of morality to adopt; should it be christians’, muslims’, hindus’ or traditional religion adherents’.”
Barrister Nwafor however advised that spouses who suffer indirect emotional damages as a result of adulterous act of their partners can sue for harbouring and enticement and obtain monetary damages against the person that enticed their wives or husbands as provided by the Law of Tort.

Citing sections 37 and 38 of 1999 constitution of Nigeria, another lawyer on the basis of anonymity opined that criminalizing adultery may infringe on the rights of traditionalists whose religion permits them to keep more than one wife, adding that monogamy is a foreign concept in most African cultures and that some cultures even endorse what is considered adulterous practices.

Tita Nze, a veteran journalist, in the same vein, said that even though he is a Christian, he does not think that the legal system should recognize the commandment; thou shall not commit adultery, given that the act is usually consensual. He alleged that even the Igbo culture accepts multiple relationships as long as it is not under duress.

“Iko and agiri (both terms that refer to a socially recognized extramarital affair in ancient Igbo culture) was well accepted by the Igbo society,” he said.
He said that morally speaking some persons who indulge in adultery may be doing good to their individual families given that in some homes, the man may not be able to perform sexually again or be able to fend for their family and the woman would need to seek help from outside the home.

“Some husbands cannot perform again and their wives engage in adultery thereby secretly helping the family not to scatter. Some couples cannot bear children due to health challenges or other factors and they therefore engage in adultery in other to get children and thereby save face,” Nze said.

Argument for criminalising adultery

However, the Anambra State chapter chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Moses Ezedebego has a divergent view from the popular. He argued that given that the law recognizes homosexuality as a crime, it would be hypocritical not to do the same with adultery which offends the spouses of the persons who engage in the act.
Arguing further, Bishop Ezedebego said, “if tampering with another person’s property without the person’s consent is considered a crime by the law, it should recognize adultery, which has to do with tampering with another person’s spouse.”

Conclusion

It appears that the popular stance among Nigerians is that adultery should not be criminalized given that attempts to do so in the past and in northern Nigeria had only succeeded in victimizing only the womenfolk found guilty of committing the act. However the general consensus is that not criminalizing adultery does not justify the act as it still remains a moral crime condemned by the Christian and Muslim scriptures and has been a predominant factor that has led to the dissolution of marriages in Nigeria as well as several homicide cases reported on the media.

Source: https://orientdailynews.com.ng/crime/adultery-criminalised-nigeria/

U 4 add nt going to church or mosque too..


Both d writer nd d supporters of dis rubbish re all mad

This is the case of... Not all that is moral is legal and vise versa. It will be irrational to lock up two adult for consentual affair

ednut1:
forcing and manipulating pple to get married should be criminalised instead. abroad no one cares if you are married or no. but 9ja from church, to house to work, to party, when are u getting married, time don dey go , i want my grand child, marry him he can provide bla bla bla, many then end up with people they don't like then dem go begin cheat

U dey mind them. Busy body people as if they are happy in their own marriage. Don't let anyone pressure you into marriage because after that they won't be with you when whala burst.

DMerciful:
Really? Of all the problems facing Nigeria?

My brother!

The thing weak me

Harhar har. Lol. In Nigeria? Its a secret norm.

Spiritscience:
By O’star Eze
Though adultery is one of the cardinal sins in the ten commandments of the Christian Bible, there seems to be a relaxed view of it in modern times. O’star Eze looks at what the people think about its status in the Nigerian law and whether it should be criminalised.

The recent adultery saga involving Ifeanyi Azotani whose wife, Tochukwu, accompanied by her sister, Ogochukwu Nwankwo stripped his mistress, Ogochukwu Okafor naked, and flogged her while videoing and later allegedly uploading the act on the internet, as well as the resultant outcome came as an eye opener to many who did not know that except in northern Nigeria, the act of sleeping with another man’s wife or another woman’s husband is no issue in the eyes of the Nigerian law.

In fact, the three principal actors involved in the crime were paraded like common criminals and were charged to court, while the alleged adulterer walked away with her head held high.

According to sections 387 and 388 of the Nigerian Penal Act, 1960, adultery is an offence only in the northern part of Nigeria. It is not an offence in the western, eastern and southern parts of Nigeria. Hence, adultery as a crime in states in Northern Nigeria, is punishable with 2 years imprisonment and or with an option of fine. In the other parts of Nigeria, no person can be charged to court for adultery.

Incidentally, while adultery is not a crime in the eyes of the law, the Nigeria law still says that when intolerable adultery has been proven, it can provide ground for the dissolution of a marriage, according to section 15 (2) (b) and section 26 of the Nigerian Matrimonial Causes Act; Anagbado v. Anagbado.

Arguments against criminalising adultery in Nigeria
The argument in support of keeping adultery out of the law court holds that adultery law in application tends to be gender sensitive, victimizing the female in the act while the male co-perpetrator goes scot free. Dr Jennifer Mike of the American University of Nigeria captured it thus;
“Adultery laws in Nigeria have deep Puritan roots of historical underpinnings in colonial English Common Law as well as Islamic jurisprudence.

“In medieval and early modern Europe, women were executed for adultery as a form of deterring them from the act. Some were Agnese Visconti (in 1391) and Catherine Howard, wife of Henry the VIII, (in 1542), both decapitated for allegedly engaging in adultery.
“The sharia penal code in Nigeria also prescribes death as punishment for adultery. An example is the section 126 v 127 of the Sharia Penal Code of Zamfara State”.
She gave example of the case of Safiya Hussaini, a nursing mother, and divorcee, who was charged with adultery and sentenced to death by stoning in 2002. The man involved with her, however, was not found with enough evidence to be convicted.

Another woman, Amina Lawal from Katsina was charged with conceiving outside wedlock and sentenced to death, but the father of the child was released for lack of evidence to convict him.
Dr Mike said in the African society women become victims of social discriminations while the men are allowed to keep concubines. She said that while she does not support adultery, she thinks that the parties involved should be allowed to settle their matter in divorce courts.

“The counterfeit pleasures of an illicit affair can never compensate for the severe emotional distress it causes to parties, children, and the society at large. However, criminalizing adulterous acts goes against the spirit of the constitutional provisions that guarantee individuals the right to life and will have a more devastating effect.

“Alternatively, morality should be better defined, as an argument for maintaining the laws and should be adequately enforced. If the legislation is meant to deter adultery because at the moment the law is redundant in its very purpose,” she submitted.

Supporting Dr Mike, Barrister Mbazulike Amechi, a Nigerian legal practitioner and politician reiterated that adultery is more of a moral cum religious thing and should be left out of the criminal law system. His argument was that Nigeria has not adopted a state religion and “therefore bringing in things that will encumber our laws with religious injunctions could be harmful.”

On the premise that adultery leads to other crimes like battery and murder, Barrister Amechi said that there are several other factors that cause the listed crimes and that adultery is the least of the factors and should therefore be left alone by the legal system.
“Adultery is not the biggest issue before us. Why sensationalise it. How many crimes or homicides are direct results of adultery compared to alcohol, smoking and other similar factors? Moral codes could be interpreted in various ways depending on cultures and experiences. Could there then be legal adultery where one at the invitation of the couple engages in adultery with one of the spouses as in Igboland where people seek a male issue or in case of cultures where a woman marries a woman to maintain a bloodline and the duty falls on a married member of the family. The issue is better left as it is. You cannot codify it else you may kill the whole country,” he said.

Towing the same line, Barrister Daniel Nwafor, said that it is not the business of the law to enforce morality. He argued that given that adultery is sexual intercourse with consent between two persons out of whom one is married, the law should focus on more offensive acts and not moralities.

In his words, “criminalizing immorality will bring concussion because we would not know which sense of morality to adopt; should it be christians’, muslims’, hindus’ or traditional religion adherents’.”
Barrister Nwafor however advised that spouses who suffer indirect emotional damages as a result of adulterous act of their partners can sue for harbouring and enticement and obtain monetary damages against the person that enticed their wives or husbands as provided by the Law of Tort.

Citing sections 37 and 38 of 1999 constitution of Nigeria, another lawyer on the basis of anonymity opined that criminalizing adultery may infringe on the rights of traditionalists whose religion permits them to keep more than one wife, adding that monogamy is a foreign concept in most African cultures and that some cultures even endorse what is considered adulterous practices.

Tita Nze, a veteran journalist, in the same vein, said that even though he is a Christian, he does not think that the legal system should recognize the commandment; thou shall not commit adultery, given that the act is usually consensual. He alleged that even the Igbo culture accepts multiple relationships as long as it is not under duress.

“Iko and agiri (both terms that refer to a socially recognized extramarital affair in ancient Igbo culture) was well accepted by the Igbo society,” he said.
He said that morally speaking some persons who indulge in adultery may be doing good to their individual families given that in some homes, the man may not be able to perform sexually again or be able to fend for their family and the woman would need to seek help from outside the home.

“Some husbands cannot perform again and their wives engage in adultery thereby secretly helping the family not to scatter. Some couples cannot bear children due to health challenges or other factors and they therefore engage in adultery in other to get children and thereby save face,” Nze said.

Argument for criminalising adultery

However, the Anambra State chapter chairman of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria, Bishop Moses Ezedebego has a divergent view from the popular. He argued that given that the law recognizes homosexuality as a crime, it would be hypocritical not to do the same with adultery which offends the spouses of the persons who engage in the act.
Arguing further, Bishop Ezedebego said, “if tampering with another person’s property without the person’s consent is considered a crime by the law, it should recognize adultery, which has to do with tampering with another person’s spouse.”

Conclusion

It appears that the popular stance among Nigerians is that adultery should not be criminalized given that attempts to do so in the past and in northern Nigeria had only succeeded in victimizing only the womenfolk found guilty of committing the act. However the general consensus is that not criminalizing adultery does not justify the act as it still remains a moral crime condemned by the Christian and Muslim scriptures and has been a predominant factor that has led to the dissolution of marriages in Nigeria as well as several homicide cases reported on the media.

Source: https://orientdailynews.com.ng/crime/adultery-criminalised-nigeria/

Well......Adultery is not an offence against the public.

It is a private matter. That does not qualify as criminal

When it comes to a crime almost everybody commits you’ll see people resisting strongly against its criminalization.
I’ve come across average people defending both fornication and adultery using bible verses because they were heavily into it.
To me it is a crime to sleep with another person’s spouse.
The church preaches against it and parents should teach their children and wards to avoid it.
The law should put penalties against it because it also takes only one stupid action for someone to become a murderer.

See them fighting against it. Irresponsible and unfaithful lots that do not honor their vows.

Nathan2016:
If you begin to imagine things now, think about it, what if everyone decides to fornication among themselves say 15 - 20 years, do you know what would become of the world we live in?

I have imagined this and I see no issues. Fornication has been a part of the system since the days of King Solomon.

I'm asking you to imagine a world where homosexuality becomes the norm. What do you think would become of the human reproductive system? Can you even debate this topic without sex between a man and a woman? Who will raise the next generation of homosexuals if we all choose homosexuality today?

Whether homosexuality is morally right or wrong isn't the main issue. Basing on the system of reproduction, does homosexuality make any sense to you?

Acidosis:
I have imagined this and I see no issues. Fornication has been a part of the system since the days of King Solomon.

I'm asking you to imagine a world where homosexuality becomes the norm. What do you think would become of the human reproductive system? Can you even debate this topic without sex between a man and a woman? Who will raise the next generation of homosexuals if we all choose homosexuality today?

Whether homosexuality is morally right or wrong isn't the main issue. Basing on the system of reproduction, does homosexuality makes any sense to you?

Is still in the same category of imagination.

Homosexuality have been in existence since the days of King Solomon.

There is no way for everyone to be homosexual, there is no way for everyone to be straight. Using history as a reference, is not possible

Nathan2016:
Is still in the same category of imagination.

Homosexuality have been in existence since the days of King Solomon.

There is no way for everyone to be homosexual, there is no way for everyone to be straight. Using history as a reference, is not possible

Well, nations where homosexuality is forbidden have very strong reasons, so it has nothing to do with hypocrisy or morality.

Fornication is bad but at least, humans have evolved to invent condoms and pills to control overpopulation.
Reproduction is enough for any intelligent lawmaker to counter any debate on homosexuality. Shortsighted lawmakers may use religion or morality but it goes beyond those factors.

With homosexuality, it is only a matter of time before the population of China and India reduce to 5000.