Nigerian Nollywood actress Destiny Amaka has used the comment section of a post made by officer Aliyu Giwa about the penalty for adultery, that was shared online to vent her disapproval of the law as she sees it as being dumb due to the capacity of the prisons as she sighted one in Lagos as being too small to contain those that may fall victim of such.
The police officer reminded people of the Penal Code Law of 387 and 388 for both genders.
Which states that anyone caught in the act of adultery, even with consent, will be charged with up to 2 years of imprisonment.
Pay a fine, or even do both.
According to the actress;
our prisons are already overcrowded and laws can’t just be made like that without plans to expand our prisons.
While she made reference to Kirikiri prison in Lagos state.
she added that it was initially built for just 800 people but now has over 4,000 inmates there.
Although her points explain that many people may likely fall victim to such laws.
Do you think laws like this can really be abided by many people now?