According to Stella, a Nigerian attorney, if a wife searches her husband’s phone without permission, she may face legal action.
The attorney claims that this behavior qualifies as a privacy invasion. The attorney revealed that the husband needed to prove in court that his wife had violated his privacy.
She went on to say that both couples are covered by this rule, meaning that a woman may sue her husband for the same offense.
“Your HUSBAND can SUE you for going THROUGH his PHONE WITHOUT his CONSENT,” she wrote.
“ACCESSING someone’s PERSONAL ELECTRONIC devices without AUTHORIZATION can be considered as INVASION of PRIVACY.
INVASION of PRIVACY is a LEGAL basis for a CIVIL LAWSUIT, even WITHIN a MARRIAGE.
To have a STRONG CASE, the HUSBAND would need to DEMONSTRATE that his WIFE ACCESSED his PHONE with the INTENTION to INVADE his PRIVACY.
That this CAUSED him TANGIBLE HARM, such as EMOTIONAL DISTRESS or damage to his REPUTATION.
NOTE: WIVES CAN ALSO SUE THEIR HUSBANDS for invasion of privacy.
