Court refers alleged adultery case to police for investigation

An Upper Area Court in Gwagwalada, FCT, on Wednesday referred an alleged adultery case preferred against a businessman, James Gwara to the police for proper investigation.

Gwara, who resides within the jurisdiction of the court was charged with adultery by a man.

The Judge, Sani Umar in his ruling referred the case to Gwagwalada Area Command for proper investigation and the findings reported back to the court, after an oral application by the claimant Counsel, Albert Ade’jembi that the matter be referred for investigation.

Umar adjourned the case until Nov. 8 for report of findings.

Ade’jembi told the court that the complainant, Danjuma Chiya is a civil servant who resides within the jurisdiction of the court.

He said that the complainant was in a relationship with one Hauwa Haruna since 2010 and eventually got married to her in 2020.

He said that the parties have been legally married since 2020 but lived separately as Haruna keep giving excuses why she would not move in with the complainant.

The claimant counsel said that the complainant accepted the excuses of his wife because of the love he has for her, adding that the wife asked the complainant to put up a building for her in his compound.

According to him, the complainant agreed and the said building is at the finishing stage.

Ade’jembi said that the complainant was surprised to see the wife pregnant, adding that on further enquiry he found out that the defendant was responsible.

He said that when confronted the defendant accepted that he was responsible for the pregnancy and boasted that he was in love with the complainant’s wife for almost two years now.

He said that the complainant asked the defendant if he was aware that the woman was lawfully married to him and he answered in the affirmative  that he was aware.

The complainant, he said, felt betrayed and deceived by the defendant’s action.

He said that the complainant was seeking for the conviction and sentence of the defendant for the above mentioned offence.

He said that the offence contravened the provision of Section 387 of the Penal Code. (NAN)