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  • 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.

  • 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

  • Woman drags estranged husband to court over son’s paternity

    A 29-year-old woman, Rahma Yakubu, on Wednesday dragged her estranged husband, Jibril Bajeh, to a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over paternity of their three-year-old son, Abdulhalim.

    Yakubu told the court that Bajeh abandoned her when her pregnancy was eight months old, following a misunderstanding between them.

    She told the court that she and her newborn baby lived with her brother after Bajeh cut all communication with her.

    “My mother called him to inform him about my delivery and he told her that the child wasn’t his until he confirmed it through a DNA test,” she told the court.

    Rahma alleged that their parents had also tried to resolve the matter, asking the husband to agree to take responsibility of the child’s welfare, pending the outcome of the paternity test.

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    The complainant also asked the court to dissolve the marriage since her husband had once public verbally divorced her.

    In defence, the man told the court that he divorced his wife in 2015 due to infidelity, a situation that made him deny the child after he was born.

    The Judge, Malam Musa Sa’ad-Goma, ruled that “since the defendant has confirmed divorcing his wife, the court shall present a divorce certificate to the complainant.”

    Sa’ad-Goma further ruled that the legitimacy of the child would be discussed with the parties’ guardians on Jan 24.

    NAN

  • Man docked over alleged sale of hard drugs

    The police on Wednesday docked a 21-year-old man, Zahraddeen Abdulrashid, at a Sharia Court l, Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over alleged possession and sale of hard drugs.

    Abdulrashid, of Ahmadu Bello Way, Kaduna, pleaded guilty to the two-count charge, bordering on possession and trade in illegal drugs.

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    The prosecutor, Ibrahim Shuaibu, told the court that the defendant was found with weed and other drugs by police on patrol on Oct. 10 at Magajin Gari area in Kaduna.

    Shuaibu said “the defendant has been in police custody for seven days, and investigation has shown that Abdulrashid deals in drugs.”

    Shuaibu, however, urged the court to give him time to present exhibit of the drugs found in the defendant’s possession before ruling.

    The judge, Malam Dahiru Lawal, accepted the prayers and adjourned the case until Oct. 24 for ruling.

  • Daughter sues father for refusing her marriage

    A 20-year-old lady, Amina Hassan, on Tuesday dragged her father, Hassan Adamu, before a Sharia Court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna over his refusal to allow her marry the man she loves.

    The girl, who lives with her grandmother on Bashama road, Tudun Wada, Kaduna said through her lawyer Ado Ali that she wants the court to order her father to marry her off to her heartthrob.

    The complainant added that she had attained marriage age and would want to settle with the man she loves but her father had refused his assent.

    “We want the court to order her father to marry her off to her heartthrob,” her lawyer said in court.

    He also prayed that if the father remain adamant, the court should serve as the girl’s guardian and marry her off to the man she loves.

    Ali said he had made attempts to convince the father to soften on his stand but to no avail.

    According to the counsel, the father is withholding his blessings because the suitor has no regard for him.

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    The girl’s counsel, however, prayed the court to grant the two parties two weeks “to sort things out and reach an agreement.”

    The defendant’s counsel, Nasir Abdullahi, also agreed with the submission of the prosecution counsel for the court to give them time to resolve the issue.

    The Judge, Malam Dahiru Lawal, noted that even though the father had the right to assess his daughter’s suitors, he has no right to force anyone on her.

    He therefore ordered the defendant’s lawyer to present the father in court on October 29, for further hearing.

  • Court remands man in court for enticing a married woman

    A Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday ordered the remand of one Abubakar Mustapha for allegedly enticing and wooing a married woman.

    Mustapha had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which contravened section 226 of the Kaduna State Sharia Penal Code 2002.

    His plea was not taken by the court.

    The judge, Malam Musa Sa’ad however, said the accused should remain in Police custody pending its bail perfection.

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    Earlier, the complainant, Yusuf Sadi had told the court that when his wife went to her parents house at Kafanchan to deliver of a baby, she refuse to go back to her matrimonial home, adding that Mustapha started making advances at Nusaiba.

    He said that the defendant had once called the complainant and told him that Nusaiba was no longer his wife.

    “When I traveled to Kafanchan to see my wife and our baby, Mustapha called my wife to his room and I followed her.

    “Upon reaching his room, he shouted at me saying he only called my wife not me, threatening to deal with me,” he said.

    Sadi pleaded with the court to intervene in the matter and compel Mustapha to stop interfering in his marriage.

    He also prayed to the court to assist him in bringing back his wife to their matrimonial home.

  • Man in court for neglecting children’s feeding, education

    A woman, Hajara Muhammad, has dragged her former husband, Abdulkadir Muhammad, to Sharia Court l Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, for failing to pay the school fees of their three children.

    Hajara told the court that her ex-husband had failed in his responsibilities as a father to their children after their divorce four years ago.

    The complainant who said she had been feeding the children and paying their school fees prayed the court to compel Abdulkadir to take full responsibility of the children.

    The defendant however admitted failing to carry out the responsibilities, blaming it on the present harsh economic situation in the country.

    He, however, pleaded with the court to allow him to be giving his estranged wife N10, 000 monthly as feeding allowance for the three children and also pay their school fees.

    The Judge, Malam Dahiru Lawal, after listening to both parties, said that it was the responsibility of a father to cater for his children.

    Lawal said that fathers must work hard to provide for their families.

    He ordered the defendant to always send monthly feeding allowance to his children and take care of their school fees too.