Showing posts with label consent. Show all posts
Showing posts with label consent. Show all posts

Monday, November 9, 2015

Can We Say There Is Rape In Marriage? by Adrian Udeh



Rape is a sexual intercourse without consent. So, whether you are married or not, when there is no consent, there is no consent. The law does not recognise it, In northern Nigeria and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja according to Section 282(2) of the Penal Code Act (PCA), Cap P3, Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, 2004, (LFN), sexual intercourse by a man with his own wife is not rape so long as she has attained puberty. But there