Man who asked a married woman to meet him in a hotel gets 12 months imprisonment

An Area Court in Jos on Wednesday sentenced Abdullahi Usman to 12 months imprisonment for enticing a married woman and for defamation of her character..👉Read The Complete Original.

The judge, Irene Pati, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the offence.

The judge, however, gave the convict an option of N 50, 000 fine or 12 months imprisonment for enticement and defamation.

Earlier, the police prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Angwan Rogo police station, on Nov. 24, 2025, by Mr Hamza Aliyu.

He noted that the complainant said the accused person called his wife and asked her to meet him in a hotel and if she failed to comply, he would inform her husband that she was involved in extramarital affairs and had aborted various pregnancies from the act.

The prosecutor further told the court that during a police investigation, the accused person confessed to have committed the offence ..👉Read The Complete Original.

The offence, he said, contravened the Plateau State Penal Code law of Northern Nigeria of 2017.