Court Grants Housewife Divorce over Lack of Love for Husband

By Sani Idris

A Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Monday granted the prayer’s for divorce filed by a housewife, Rakiya Ladan on grounds that she no longer loved her husband, Yahaya Abba.

Delivering his ruling, the Judge, Nuhu Falalu terminated the nine year- old marriage and ordered Abba to allow his estranged wife to take all her belongings from his house.

”Termination of marriage if sought by the wife in marriage is considered in Islamic law if the woman pays back the money she received as bride price.

”However, the defendant will forgo everything. The union has yielded children and the defendant cannot return his wife to her original form before he married her,” he held.

Earlier, Ladan through her Counsel, Abdulrauf Atiku told the court that she was seeking divorce because she no longer loved her husband and cannot continue with the marriage.

Ladan, said she was ready to pay back the N20, 000 to her husband, which he paid as her bride price.

She prayed the court to order her husband to allow her take her belongings from his house.

Responding, Abba before accepting to allow his estranged wife to take anything from his house, said he bought all the belongings with his money.

(NAN)