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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 slightest idea

Certain women or some women may cheat for certain number of years but not women as opined by you.
Coming to men, it boils down to the individuals involved. Not all men are cheat and certain not all women are saint as buttressed by you.

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.”

I agree with him on this

Acidosis:
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.

Morality is subjective. If you can make fornication seem like a lesser evil, then another person can make homosexuality seem like a lesser evil than adultery. (I have already made the point)

Oga fornication is fornication, nothing like evolving B.S with condom and pills.

Morally you shouldn't sleep with anyone that is not your wife (LEGALLY MARRIED TO). This is the law in the Holy Bible and I believe the muslim faith preach it too.
Why did Jacob serve 7 years and another 7 years just to marry the daughters of his uncle

Stop being hypocritical just to prove yourself right.




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

Now this made you sound naive. I cant be in a discussion with one, Goodbye.

how can 1.386 billion in China reduce to 5000?

Nathan2016:
Morality is subjective. If you can make fornication seem like a lesser evil, then another person can make homosexuality seem like a lesser evil than adultery. (I have already made the point)

Oga fornication is fornication, nothing like evolving B.S with condom and pills.

Morally you shouldn't sleep with anyone that is not your wife (LEGALLY MARRIED TO). This is the law in the Holy Bible and I believe the muslim faith preach it too.
Why did Jacob serve 7 years and another 7 years just to marry the daughters of his uncle

Stop being hypocritical just to prove yourself right.




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

Now this made you sound naive. I cant be in a discussion with one, Goodbye.

how can 1.386 billion in China reduce to 5000?

If you do not understand how homosexuality can wipe out human existence, I will suggest you sue your biology teacher.

And no, I'm not dwelling on morality or religion. Some people want to be immoral and others don't care whether a god exist somewhere.

Homosexuality shouldn't be condoned because it takes a man and a woman to reproduce. There would be no world without reproduction, so those who want to burst the a$$es of their fellow men should first and foremost create a womb for the man. You can't continue to burst a$$es and think about stealing babies from those who choose the normal way.
Like the threat of pollution and global warming, those who preach a man for a man, a woman for a woman, should be considered threats against the human race.


I hope this explanation is simple enough?

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/

Who give a ratass about your freaking Bible and commandments? Sin is different from contravening the law of the land. A sin is matter of religion while assault is mater of the law. You call it adultery or bleeding married person, it is not against of the law. If you frown at the act, I suggest you deal with it mildly but do not assault anybody.

Acidosis:
If you do not understand how homosexuality can wipe out human existence, I will suggest you sue your biology teacher.

And no, I'm not dwelling on morality or religion. Some people want to be immoral and others don't care whether a god exist somewhere.

Homosexuality shouldn't be condoned because it takes a man and a woman to reproduce. There would be no world without reproduction, so those who want to burst the a$$es of their fellow men should first and foremost create a womb for the man. You can't continue to burst a$$es and think about stealing babies from those who choose the normal way.
Like the threat of pollution and global warming, those who preach a man for a man, a woman for a woman, should be considered threats against the human race.


I hope this explanation is simple enough?

Dude you have a small mind, all the reasons you've given so far are senseless.

Homosexuals cannot take over the world.
Aberrations occur in all forms of life, that is why there are so many species of animals.
You don't sound bright honestly. You should educate yourself more on matters you choose to
support or go against from the depth of the science next time you want to rant online.

How does adultery and fornication help the human race and babies?
Or are you dumb to realize how this act has increased abortion rate that has led to the death of many young girls.

You should stop imagining things, you are not bright enough to do that.

Get some education.

RegularGenius:
Dude you have a small mind, all the reasons you've given so far are senseless.

Homosexuals cannot take over the world.
Aberrations occur in all forms of life, that is why there are so many species of animals.
You don't sound bright honestly. You should educate yourself more on matters you choose to
support or go against from the depth of the science next time you want to rant online.

How does adultery and fornication help the human race and babies?
Or are you dumb to realize how this act has increased abortion rate that has led to the death of many young girls.

You should stop imagining things, you are not bright enough to do that.

Get some education.

If you are going to criminalize infidelity, also be ready to criminalize many other stuffs that fall within human irresponsibilty.

Hmmm...of all the problems bedevelling this country, so what people chose or not chose to do with their bodies is number one! Two adults fa. Let us kuku ma go sharia na. To think that all this epistle is about a misplaced priority beats my imagination. That is a thesis!!! Can't deal.

ogawisdom:
yes for wives only
because a man can marry more than one wife

naa if criminalized
it's for both genders

There ought to be capital punishment for those who commit adultery more than 4 times. Fornyism doesn't count.

So if a man cheats on his wife more than four times, he should be killed?

cactusland:
There ought to be capital punishment for those who commit adultery more than 4 times. Fornyism doesn't count.

cococandy:
So if a man cheats on his wife more than four times, he should be killed?

I mean if he cheats against more than 4 wives. Goes the other way too

So he didn’t cheat on the first wife when he wooed and married a second wife?

cactusland:
I mean if he cheats against more than 4 wives. Goes the other way too

cococandy:
So he didn’t cheat on the first wife when he wooed and married a second wife?

Indeed. If at least 4 of his divorces are due to adultery, that's when the line has been crossed.

Makes no sense

cactusland:
Indeed. If at least 4 of his divorces are due to adultery, that's when the line has been crossed.

You do know that the Book, in Leviticus 20:10 stipulates death for adultery.

cococandy:
Makes no sense

Okay and so?

Did it say after four times? Why not after the first time?

cactusland:
You do know that the Book, in Leviticus 20:10 stipulates death for adultery.

cococandy:
Okay and so?

Did it say after four times? Why not after the first time?

Not necessarily but to make it compatible with modernity it must be based on a strike system. Imagine if your lover betrayed you for another woman while not telling you. You'd feel pretty unsettled since he didn't actually love you like you thought he did.

Uh okay. I see.

Modify the Bible to suit modern time huh?

Because we are getting more socially conscious and realize how shitty some ‘holy’ laws are right?

But still pretending to hold onto them.

cactusland:
Not necessarily but to make it compatible with modernity it must be based on a strike system. Imagine if your lover betrayed you for another woman while not telling you. You'd feel pretty unsettled since he didn't actually love you like you thought he did.

See question. No it should be celebrated

cococandy:
Uh okay. I see.

Modify the Bible to suit modern time huh?

Because we are getting more socially conscious and realize how shitty some ‘holy’ laws are right?

But still pretending to hold onto them.

Sometimes progress is disadvantageous; adultery causes serious emotional distress and mistrust for the victim, and therefore should be punished harshly.

cococandy:
Uh okay. I see.

Modify the Bible to suit modern time huh?

Because we are getting more socially conscious and realize how shitty some ‘holy’ laws are right?

But still pretending to hold onto them.

Unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated pure evil, you are pure evil. Isaiah 5:20 "Woe unto them that call evil good" Change your ways and use your life to please the Giver of Life, before the Judgment of your Creator manifest on your life.

BackToLife:
Unalloyed, undiluted, unmitigated pure evil, you are pure evil. Isaiah 5:20 "Woe unto them that call evil good" Change your ways and use your life to please the Giver of Life, before the Judgment of your Creator manifest on your life.

Absolutely agree. She must be possessed by a malicious spirit.

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