Husband Baths Wife With Boiling Water Mixed With Pepper..

A 17-years-old girl, Titilayo Ojo of Kado village of the FCT was on Thursday arraigned at an Abuja Senior Magistrates' Court for committing adultery with her neighbour's husband.

The prosecutor, Sgt. Sim Emmanuel, told the court that on Aug. 30 one Mrs Idongesit Sunday of Kado village, Abuja, reported the accused at the Life Camp Police station.

Emmanuel said Mrs Sunday reported that she caught the accused having sexual intercourse with her husband on her matrimonial bed on Aug.29.

He added that when Mrs Sunday picked up a quarrel with her husband over the incident, he poured a pot of boiling water, which contained pepper, on her.

Emmanuel told the court that She had since been admitted at the Asokoro General hospital following injuries she sustained in the attack.

He said that the accused was charged with adultery, adding that the offence was punishable under Section 388 of the Penal Code.

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

The Senior Magistrate Abdullahi Illelah, therefore, granted the accused bail in the sum of N50,000 with a surety in like sum.

Illelah ordered that the surety must be a reasonable and reliable Nigerian who must a known and of definite address within the jurisdiction of the court.

The case was adjourned to Sept. 12, 2012 for further hearing. (NAN)