An Abuja Magistrates’ Court sitting in Gwagwalada, on Thursday, sentenced two persons, Mohammed Nazifi (30) and Bilkisu Ibrahim (25) to three months’ imprisonment each for adultery.

The police charged the duo with a one-count charge of adultery by man and woman, to which they pleaded guilty.

The lovers pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy.

The magistrate, Olatunji Oladunmoye, had previously remanded the convicts in order for them to provide a witness that would vouch for their conduct of good character.

He finally sentenced them when they could not provide any.

Oladunmoye sentenced the duo to three months’ imprisonment with an option of N25,000 fine each.

Earlier, the prosecutor, Dabo Yakubu, told the court that the complainant, Mr Dayabe Abdullahi of Chibiri village, Kuje, in the FCT, reported the matter at the Area Command, Gwagwalada, on Jan. 16.

Yakubu said the convicts confessed to the crime in their statements. (NAN)