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  • Court orders woman to pay back N500 bride price

    A Sharia Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State on Tuesday ordered a 39-year-old woman, Esther Morris, to pay back her estranged husband, Tajudden Musa, 46, N500 paid as bride price.

    The Judge, Dahiru Lawal, terminated the 11-year-old marriage and ordered both parties in company of the court’s personnel to go to the residents to allow Morris take her belongings.

    Morris of new NDA Barracks, Afaka, Kaduna, dragged Musa to the court, seeking divorce.

    ”We got married 11 years ago. God has not blessed us with any child.

    “Since we got married, things are not moving on well for him. He blames me and my family for our lack of children.

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    ‘This is a man who paid N500 as dowry. I want a divorce. I can’t continue staying with him,” Morris said.

    She said that the marriage was contracted in a court.

    ”He prompted for the divorce with the actions he is exhibiting but he can not approach the sane court for a divorce,” he said.

    The defendant, Tajudden Musa, 46, a businessman, who lives in on BZ 23 Abuja road by Sardauna crescent, told the court that he also wants the marriage to terminate.

    “I married her as a Christian, I don’t want her to bear my father’s name again, she should return all the properties I have with her”.

    NAN

  • Man drags brother to court over nudity, Indian hemp smoking

    A 34-year-old man, Umar Yusuf, on Monday dragged his brother, Rabiu Abdullahi before a Sharia Court l sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for allegedly smoking Indian hemp and walking around the house half-naked.

    Yusuf told the court that he lives with Abdullahi, 32, in a rented apartment in Kaduna metropolis.

    He alleged that Abdullahi was in the habit of inviting his friends to smoke Indian hemp in the compound, adding that whenever he cautioned him he will argue with him.

    “He usually roams about the compound half-naked. I have a wife and kids. it’s not healthy for my family,” he said.

    The defendant, however, pleaded guilty to the offence.

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    Abdullahi said that he too had a grievance to settle with Yusuf’s wife over the aroma of the food she cooks.

    “The aroma of the food disturbs me. A thin wall separates my room from theirs,” he said.

    The Judge, Dahiru Lawal ordered the defendant to stop inviting friends to smoke and also roaming about half-naked in the compound.

    He advised the brothers to live in peace and to discuss what they like and dislike so that peace would reign between them.

  • Wife drags ex-husband to court for allegedly denying pregnancy

    A 28-year-old divorcee, Bilkisu Aminu, on Monday dragged her ex-husband, Muhammad Jibril, to a Sharia Court I siting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over alleged denial of her pregnancy.

    The case was earlier mentioned on April 1 when the Judge, Dahiru Lawal, ordered the wife to go for a pregnancy test to ascertain the pregnancy.

    Lawal, after going through the pregnancy test result confirmed the pregnancy and ordered the parties to appear before the court on April 15 for further hearing.

    Earlier, the complainant, who resides on Benin Street, Kaduna, told the court that she got married to the defendant for three months before they were divorced.

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    “He divorced me on Feb. 6, but after few days at home, I went to a private hospital and the doctor confirmed that I am pregnant.

    “I called Jibril to inform him of the pregnancy; he told me that he will visit me which he never did,” she said.

    Jibril, 32, who resides along Zaria Road in Kaduna told the court that he was not responsible for the pregnancy.

    He said he had no sex with his divorced wife for over two months during their three-month marriage.

    “We had series of misunderstanding within the few months of our marriage, we did not have sex at all while in the third month of our marriage,” Jibril said.

  • Woman drags father to court over forceful marriage

    A woman, Aisha Isah, on Thursday dragged her father, Isah Ibrahim to a Shari’a Court l, sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, for allegedly forcing her into marriage and locking up her house.

    The complainant, who resides at Kadaure area of Kaduna, told the court that her father, who had been pressuring her into marriage, also had her house locked up for defying his order.

    Aisha pleaded with the court to order her father to unlock her house.

    She also prayed the court to restrain her father from further pressuring her into marriage so that she could marry the right man at the right time.

    Ibrahim denied the allegation, saying he only asked his daughter to choose and marry from the numerous suitors coming to seek her hand in marriage.

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    The respondent, however, said he had to lock up her house because of the kinds of people she kept company of.

    “People have been saying it to my face that my daughter brings all kinds of men to the house; that was why I locked the house because no responsible father will allow that,’’ he told the court.

    The Judge, Malam Dahiru Lawal, after listening to both parties ordered the complainant to make peace with her father and avoid all kind of vices likely to tarnish her family’s image.

    The judge urged the father to be patient with his daughter and follow the right way of giving out his daughter in marriage in accordance with the Shari’a law.

    He adjourned ruling until March 20.

    NAN

  • Divorce: Man swears before court over dowry controversy

    A 39-year-old man, Hussaini Abubakar, on Monday swore before a Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over alleged N50,000 dowry he paid to his wife, Aisha Abdullahi before their marriage.

    Abubakar swore in court after an argument with his wife on the exact amount of the dowry he gave her, which she said was N30,000.

    Earlier, Abdullahi had dragged her husband to court seeking for divorce through redemption (Khul’i), a process where a wife returns dowry to her husband.

    The complainant told the court that she was no longer interested in the marriage and was ready to return the N30,000 dowry she received from him on their wedding day.

    The judge, Malam Dahiru Lawal, after listening to both parties, asked if the defendant could swear that he gave N50,000 dowry and not N30,000 as claimed by the wife and he answered in affirmative.

    The defendant swore in accordance to Islamic teaching under the supervision of the court.

    The Judge ruled that the wife must pay the N50,000 to the defendant since he had sworn by the Qur’an, and dissolved the union between them.

    “I Dahiru Lawal, the Judge of Magajin Gari court I, hereby confirm the divorce between Hussaini Abubakar and Aisha Abdullahi through redemption (Khul’i)”, the Judge ruled.

    NAN

  • Husband gets five strokes of cane for divorcing wife

    A Sharia Court sitting at Magajin Gari in Kaduna on Monday ordered that one Idris Sai’du be given five strokes of cane for violation of the Islamic Law on divorce.

    The judge, Mallam Dahiru Lawal also ordered the man to pay N5,000 to Hauwa Abdullah, his wife for abandoning her and wasting her time for so long.

    The judge, who was irked at the respondent’s pronouncement of “I divorce my wife three times,” said it was not in line with Islamic practice.

    He therefore ordered the respondent to be given five strokes of cane.

    The complainant, Hauwa, had earlier told the court that her husband chased her out of her matrimonial home since last year and had never checked on her ever since.

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    “He asked me to leave his house since last year Ramadan, saying I should pack all my belongings and leave. It is almost a year now and he had never checked on me,” the complainant said.

    Hauwa, who stated that they were not blessed with a child, added that she was in court to seek for divorce as she couldn’t be married to a man that didn’t care for her.

    “I want this honourable court to compel my husband to divorce me as he is no longer interested in me,’’ she said.

    In his response to the allegations, Sai’du said he ordered Hauwa to return home because “she has been communicating with her ex-husband which I am not comfortable with.

    “I therefore divorce my wife three times.”

    NAN