Adultery: Abuja Banker, Two Others Sent To Jail

An Abuja based banker Ibrahim Kareem was on Wednesday sent to jail pending bail application for allegedly committing adultery with a married woman, Amina Muhammed.

Also sent to jail pending bail is another man, Abdullahi Kuso who allegedly contracted marriage with the same woman, Ms. Muhammed while she was married to another man.

The Upper Area Court in Gudu, Abuja, also charged the woman at the centre of the three way love angle to be held in bail pending the court’s decision on their written applications for bail.

Abdullahi Kuso was specifically charged with enticing a married woman to another marriage despite the pendency of a marriage to the complainant, Alhaji Uba Sule.

Sule and Ms. Muhammed have two children from their marriage.

The judge, Bello Rufai, in a ruling ordered that the defendant’s counsel to file a written bail application to court.

He adjourned the matter until Feb.27, for hearing in the bail applications.

Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Mr Adama Musa, told the court that on Dec 12, 2019, the complainant, Alhaji Uba Sule, who lives in Lugbe , Abuja made a direct criminal complain against the defendants.

Musa alleged that the Kareem and Kuso committed the offence of adultery, enticing a married woman and contracting marriage during the pendency of another.

He alleged that and that Kuso and Muhammed (the complainant’s husband) made a declaration of marriage at the Federal High Court.

The prosecution added that Kuso and Muhammed presented the declaration of marriage to the Nigeria Immigration Service as husband and wife, for the purpose of facilitating their trip out Nigeria.

He said that offence contravened the provisions of sections 97, 384, 387, 388 and 389 of the penal code.

The defendants, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.

Musa prayed the court to grant him a date to open his case against the defendants.

Mr Nurem Sulyman, Counsel to Muhammed and Kareem made an oral application for the bail of the defendants, citing Sections 35 (4) and 36 (5) of the 1999 Constitution.

Sulyman also cited Sections 158 and 165 (2) of the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act 2015.

“Bail is at the discretion of the court, I humbly apply to the court to use its discretion in favour of the first and third defendants, in presumption of innocent’’ he said.

He also told the court that the defendants had been on police administrative bail.

He also told the court that the first defendant was a nursing mother who is also taking care of two children while the third defendant is a banker with the Federal Mortgage Bank.

The counsel informed the court that the defendants will be available at all times whenever their attention is required in respect of the matter and urge the court to use its discretion to grand them bail.

Also, A.B. Damama, counsel to Kuso, made an oral application for the bail of the defendant, citing Section 35 (5) 36 of the 1999 Constitution.

Damama also cited Section 158 of the Administration of the Criminal Justice Act, adding that an accused person is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

Damama in his application prayed the court to use its discretion to grant bail in favour of the defendant.

He told the court that Kuso is on police administrative bail and that his passport and that of his surety is with the police and that Kuso will be always available to defend his case to the fullness

The defendant’s counsel also told the court that the defendant will not escape prosecution if granted bail.

The prosecutor, however, opposed the application, saying that even though  bail is that discretion of the court it should be exercised judiciously and the defendants would escape prosecution if granted bail.

Musa prayed the court to look at the nature of the offence, adding that one the offence is not ordinarily bailable and section 384 is seven-year imprisonment.

He alleged that the defendants will intimidate prosecution and the witness in any further investigation in the case and they appear in court is not on their own volition.

Musa told the court that Muhammed is not a nursing mother but she is a mother of two children and that the complainant is the father of those children.

The prosecution prayed the court to hold the bail of the defendants.

Sulyman, Counsel to Muhammed and Kareem in his reply to the prosecutor’s opposing prayers, said that the court deals with life issues not stipulations.

“At the sum total of the prosecution application, we urge the court to use its discretion to grant bail in favour of the defendants.

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