Edeson Online Newspaper: Having Sex In A Car Is A Criminal Offense In Lagos

Thursday, December 20, 2018

Having Sex In A Car Is A Criminal Offense In Lagos

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The Lagos State Police Command has described as “misplaced” a tweet

credited to the head of the Police Complaint Rapid Response Unit, Abayomi

Shogunle, who said that having sex in a car is not criminal. The Command

spokesperson, Chike Oti, said it was indecent to have sex in a car in public

place, and that it’s not only in Lagos, but also in the entire country.

He said that under Lagos laws, couples are liable to between two- to three-

year imprisonment upon conviction.

Shogunle in a tweet, had said, “Sex in a car in a public place is not a crime

in Nigeria provided;

• Location is not a place of worship

• Parties are 18yrs+

• The act is consensual (agreed to by parties)

• Parties are of opposite sex

• If threatened with arrest over above, pls contact @POLICENG_PCRRU.”

But Oti said the state Commissioner of Police, Edgal Imohimi, had received

legal advice on the matter.

He said, “The CP Lagos has been advised by the Director of Public
Prosecution of the state Ministry of Justice and the Legal Department of
the State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, with relevant sections of the law as
follows: Section 134 (a) Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015 prohibits any
indecent act in any public place without lawful excuse.
“The law holds that such person is liable on conviction to two years’
imprisonment.
“Section 136 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 provides that any
person who commits any act of gross indecency with another person in
public commits an offence and liable on conviction to three years’
imprisonment.

“It must be noted that Section 134 which deals with offences against
morality, particularly section 134 (a), has it that indecent act in a public
place makes both parties engaging in the act liable to imprisonment for
two years.
“In the same vein, Section 231 of the Criminal Code Act, which is a Federal
law and applicable in states other than the northern states where Penal
Code is applicable, also make Indecent Acts punishable.

“Going forward, the authorities of the Lagos State Police Command hereby
declare that the assertion that sex in a car in a public place is not a crime in
Nigeria is misplaced, as the provisions of the Criminal Law of Lagos State
prohibit such acts in public, even if it is done with consent of the other party.
“To this end, the Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, wants
Lagosians to be guided by relevant sections of the law against such acts.”

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