Mother Of 10 Seeks Divorce Over Husband

A housewife, Binta Bello, on Thursday dragged her husband, Garba, before a Sharia Court sitting in Dorayi, Kano, seeking divorce on grounds that he was lazy and does not support her or her 10 children.

“I have been married to Garba for nine years and we have 10 children.

“My lord my husband is very lazy and has refused to be a responsible parent. He has not provided

”He does not provide medical care, housing, education, or food. He stays in my house doing nothing. I am the one who provides for them,” she said.

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After listening to Bello, the judge, Malam Umar Dan-baba adjourned the case until May 10, 2021, for further hearing.

Also, a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, on Thursday dissolved a businessman, Abdulrauf Musa’s marriage, over insulting his wife, Jamila Yusuf, and disobeying her parents.

The judge, Mr. Murtala Nasir, ordered the defendant, Musa to desist from going to Yusuf’s house where they lived during the marriage.

He also ordered the complainant, Yusuf, to use the N10,000 Musa paid as her bride price to feed their children until the end of March.

The judge advised each of the parties to follow the legal process in securing custody of their children if the need arose for any of them.

Earlier, the complainant, Yusuf, who lived within the Kaduna metropolis with her husband, dragged him to the court seeking the dissolution of their marriage over alleged insult and disobedience to her parents.

Yusuf prayed the court to order Musa to pay her N5,000 each month for the upkeep of their eight children.

According to report, the case had earlier been adjourned for the parties to settle their differences, but to no avail.