Plateau court sentences man to 12 months imprisonment for enticing and blackmailing married woman

The Area Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State has sentenced a man identified as Abdullahi Usman to 12 months imprisonment for enticing a married woman and for defamation of her character. Usman was jailed on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to the offence.  The police prosecutor, Insp Ibrahim Gokwat, told the court that the case was reported at the Angwan Rogo police station, on Nov. 24, 2025, by Mr Hamza Aliyu. He said the complainant, said the accused person called his wife and asked her to meet him in a hotel and if she failed to comply, the accused person said he would inform her husband that she was involved in extramarital affairs and had aborted various pregnancies from the act. The prosecutor further told the court that during a police investigation, the accused person confessed to have committed the offence. The offence, he said, contravened the Plateau State Penal Code law of Northern Nigeria of 2017. The judge, Irene Pati, sentenced the convict after he pleaded guilty to the offence. The judge, however, gave the convict an option of N 50, 000 fine or 12 months imprisonment for enticement and defamation. The post Plateau court sentences man to 12 months imprisonment for enticing and blackmailing married woman appeared first on Linda Ikeji Blog.