Nasarawa
– Aisha Haruna , 20, of Uke in Nasarawa State on Tuesday at a Grade 1 Area
Court in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, maintained her divorce request.
Aisha
had on May 29 filed a suit seeking separation from her husband, Hussaini
Haruna, 27, of Gurku Village,
At
the resumption of hearing, she told the court that she and her husband could
not resolve the matter after the last adjourned date on Aug. 19.
The
husband, who spoke through his counsel, Nuru Mua’zu, demanded Islamic procedure
of divorce.
“This
is an Islamic matter and there are procedures to follow before a wife is
granted her wish for divorce.
“One
of the procedures is that the woman has to pay what is known as ‘Kuli’.
“Kuli
means, paying back some of the expenses the husband made in the course of
marrying the wife.
“Though
I don’t have the document here, but the total expenses is around N300,000,”
Mua’zu said.
He
told the court that Aisha was eight months pregnant for Haruna.
Mua’zu
applied for adjournment to enable him bring the document containing the list of
expenses.
The
presiding judge, Mr Musa Danjuma, granted the counsel’s application and
adjourned the case to Sept. 2 for continuation of hearing.
The
wife had earlier told the court that her parents gave her out in marriage at
the age of 13 without her consent.
The
mother of one said that she stayed in the marriage for seven years, adding that
she had lost interest in the marriage.
She
said her loss of interest was on the ground that she was a child at that time
the marriage was contracted. (NAN)
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