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MIXED REACTIONS! Having sex in a car in a public place is not a crime, Police clarifies
The Assistant Commissioner of Police, Yomi Shogunle, has affirmed that it is not a crime to have sex in a car in a public place in Nigeria.
He further gave some criteria to back his assertions. He said you can have sex in public if
1. Location is not a place of worship
2. Parties are 18 yrs+
3. The act is consensual (agreed to by parties)
4. Parties are of the opposite sex
He also said that if threatened with arrest please contact the Public Complaint Rapid Response Unit.
Shogunle said this while responding to a question by one Twitter user, @Stanley_Moses13 who said;
“Oga @YomiShogunle please is it a crime to have sex in your car?”
Earlier viral photos of a young man and woman caught pants down in a car surfaced on online.
The photos have since courted controversies bothering on if the Nigerian law permits sexual acts in the car.
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Meanwhile, some Twitter users have been having a field day reacting to the latest information by the police.
Many expressed satisfaction over the Shogunle’s feedback while some said the information could be misinterpreted if people are not properly educated.
See some comments:
NO.
Sex in a car in a public place is not a crime in Nigeria provided;
1. Location is not a place of worship
2. Parties are 18 yrs+
3. The act is consensual (agreed to by parties)
4. Parties are of opposite sex
If threatened with an arrest over above, pls contact @PoliceNG_PCRRU.— Abayomi Shogunle (@YomiShogunle) December 11, 2018
@YomiShogunle you just gave the public right to have sex any how especially in broad day light
— Erusiafe Jokpa (@ErusiafeJokpa) December 11, 2018
Yes no law prohibiting. However same can be charged for offences against morality.
S. 231 of the Criminal cold talks about indecent acts. Its now left fr court to determine if ‘Sex in a car’ constitutes ‘indecent act in public place’. Bearing in mind ‘A Car’ is private property pic.twitter.com/qTLnLtbNOH— Dolapo Ibukun (@Ibukun_olu) December 11, 2018
Pls get educated and enlightened. He just gave an answer to a question.
— Davydrey (@DavymartinCE0) December 11, 2018
it may not qualify as a crime but the perpetrators may be liable in tort if done in public for nuisance.
— Yusuff (@sholaw2008) December 11, 2018
So in other words those behind this public retweets and shaming should be arrested. Cos I see no reason why these matured individuals should be disgraced online
— Olamilekan??No time to check time (@tbliss22) December 11, 2018
Thank you for this information, Gombe State Police Command; Lowcost and Gombe divisions in particular should take note.
— Aliyu Dahiru Bello (@ADB_Gombe) December 11, 2018
Uncle Yomi, a friend was arrested sometime ago around GRA Ikeja by ur men. He was charged for public nuisance and was made to pay 10k that evening.
— Abiodun Idowu ? (@habbeyluti) December 11, 2018
Issa trap ?. When u are caught by the soldiers, u wee know say khaki no be leather.
— Doctorjoe (@Doctorjoe10) December 11, 2018
I strongly disagree with you officer.
Sex in the public means:(1) Legalization of Immorality.
(2) It has the tendency of creating obscenity and leads to indecency in the country.
(3) It will lead to lust, lack of sexual control & rape.
(4) It will destroy our teenagers.— Pareal. (@PatrickOkouzi) December 11, 2018
Well….. As for me after reading this post, my phone camera will always be on stand by and I will be watching ?you!
— BLACK gOD (@NaijaBlackgod) December 11, 2018
Lmao. I remember last year when they caught a friend and his babe. Harassed them for money and when nothing was coming forth , they took them to the station.
— Mmekidmfon Umanah #WASH (@mmekid_mfon) December 11, 2018
Hypocrisy is what happened when those two got disturbed. Hypocrisy is a Nigerian problem. Thanks for the enlightenment Oga Olopa.
— ?????????? ?? (@thatsgotti) December 11, 2018
Sex in the car is synonymous with an Embassy in a host country, and are protected under the concept of diplomatic immunity ? but of course not to be don in public places, or with kids around. I recommend at late hours ?
— YusufBobbyJiggaMusa (@BobbyJigga) December 11, 2018
Then NP need to organize programs for your officers because they treat the public they supposed to be protecting unlawfully, I have someone that said he has felt victim of this harassment from the officers and he have to pay them before be released.
— Adams, Adedotun (@adamsadedotun) December 11, 2018
My neighbor was arrested and made to pay 50,000 naira for the act. So sad
— JAGABAN DREAM ?? ? (@Oluwatobibaseet) December 11, 2018
Once police sees a man and woman inside a car parked and discussing without even having sex they assume you are kissing and doing it already and if you no get money to bail nah straight to station
— Magnificent Teeboya (@MTeeboya) December 11, 2018
By the time am elected President 2019, @YomiShogunle is automatically the IGP. You are the most digitalized @PoliceNG officer and always with human face, detribalized and reachable. Weldone Sir
— Segun Onibiyo MONDIAL? (@ucheodege) December 11, 2018
Mr Yomi will know about sex na but when it comes to police duties and how they trample on Civil rights, he wouldn’t know anything.
— StrangeLove ? (@wonderluzt1) December 11, 2018
Sex in a car in public place can lead to distractn, this can lead to accidents & frauds.
Public intimacy shud be discouraged.
The NASS may not hav envisage it, but common sense shud condemn it.We are decent people, we shud not destroy our values all in d name of civilizatn
— Pareal. (@PatrickOkouzi) December 11, 2018
It can not lead to an accident oga! And it wont distract anyone bar a person that wants to be distracted . Because no sane person will involve he/herself in sexual intercourse while the vehicle is in motion.
— BABS NERO ?? ?? (@haiamkophee) December 11, 2018
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