An Area Court in Jos has dissolved a 16-year-old marriage between Hussaina Abdullahi and her husband, Saidu Ali for lacking in love.
The petitioner told the court that she got married to Saidu in 2008 but she can no longer with him and she is ready to refund the dowry.
Hussaina said; “Our marriage lacks peace and love. I no longer love Saidu and can no longer live with him as his wife. I am ready to refund the N40,000 dowry he paid for my hand in marriage”
Delivering judgment on Friday, 12th of July the judge Lawal Suleiman, granted the prayer of the applicant, Abdullahi for divorce.
The judge gave custody of the children to Abdullahi and ordered Ali to send N 30,000 monthly through the court for the upkeep of the two children.
Suleiman also ordered Ali to pay the children’s school fees. But the petitioner prayed for custody of the two children.
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An Abuja housewife stirred some mild drama in a Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court earlier this year when she asked the court to disregard her initial plea for divorce.
CorrectNG reported that Sa’adatu Ayuba had approached the court to dissolve her 27-year-old marriage to her husband, Jalija on the grounds of impotence.
She said she was 16 years old when she got married to Jalija in accordance with Islamic law in 1997 and the union was blessed with five children aged 25, 22, 14, 9 and 7.
“I got married since I was 16 years old, I have never been with any other man before my marriage. Since two years ago, I have been having misunderstandings with him because he got a girlfriend outside our marriage.
”He has not been functioning as a man, I am tired of the situation and his attitude and want a divorce in the interest of justice,” Sa’adatu said.
But at the resumption of hearing, the woman made a U-turn and prayed the court not to approve the divorce anymore.
She said; ”My Lord, although my husband refused to follow the court order for him to perform his duties as a man, I still love him”.
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