Housewife caught having sex with lover, fined N50,000

Firstclass newsline learnt that a 29-year-old house wife, identified
simply as Vero, has been accused of infidelity in Irri community, in
the Isoko South Local Government Area of Delta State.
Her husband, identified as Ben, on Thursday told the elders of the
community that he caught his wife in illicit love affair in an
uncompleted building.
Sources said Umukoro insisted that the elders must dissolve the
marriage in line with the tradition of the Isoko people.
One of the sources said, "Today (Thursday), Ben met with the elders of
the community and asked them to dissolve his marriage to Vero in the
Isoko tradition.
"He told the elders that the woman and her secret lover were caught
having sex in an apartment in the outskirt of the community."
It was learnt that the illicit relationship between the woman and the
man had been going unnoticed by the husband before the bubble burst.
A source was told that after Vero and her lover were caught, some
youths in the area manhandled the lover.
He was later summoned by Ben's family and told to appease the gods
according to the custom and tradition of the people, in order to avoid
calamity that could befall the community as a result of the adultery.
The source added, "However, a fine of N50,000 was imposed by the
family on the woman. She was subsequently banished from the house
pending when she would comply with the directive.
Firstclassnewsline.net