Daily Law Tips By Onyekachi Umah,Esq. (Tip 93)

“Leaving Your Spouse To Marry Another Person is a
Criminal Offence”

Where a spouse abandons his/her partner of an English marriage
without a divorce and proceeds to marry another person, such a
spouse has committed a crime. The crime is bigamy and punishable
with 7 years imprisonment. Note that bigamy is no longer a crime in
Lagos state.

See section 370 of Criminal Code, The Penal Code and the Lagos
State Criminal Code.

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“Leaving Your Spouse To Marry Another Person is a
Criminal Offence”

Where a spouse abandons his/her partner of an English marriage
without a divorce and proceeds to marry another person, such a
spouse has committed a crime. The crime is bigamy and punishable
with 7 years imprisonment. Note that bigamy is no longer a crime in
Lagos state.

See section 370 of Criminal Code, The Penal Code and the Lagos
State Criminal Code.

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