13/07/2026
LAWYER: From your testimony before this court, you were, just last week, discharged by a court in Enugu State over a charge bordering on adultēry with one Mrs Ede who is legally married to one Chief Ede?
DEFENDANT: Yes, that's correct!
LAWYER: Fine. And just a week after, you're again being arraigned over similar act with same woman, knowing fully well that she is still legally married, please tell this honourable court what led you to the act again.
DEFENDANT: My sister, sorry, my lord, I was not just discharged by the Enugu Court, but also was acquitted with the court making a pronouncement that adūltery is not a çrime.
My lord, it's in celebration of my acquittal that my lover and I came for a holiday in Kaduna where the present act took place.
LAWYER: That's ok. Now, your contention before this court, however, is that you're by law protected from another trial on same material fact, and again, that it's the pronouncement of a court of comptetent jurisdiction that adūltery is not a çrime. Is that correct?
DEFENDANT: Exactly, my lord.
LAWYER: Very well. (turning to the judge) I'm grateful, your lordship. No further questions, I rest my case.
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