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A divorcee, Hajara Usman, on Monday sued her former husband
before an Upper Area Court in Karu, Abuja for stopping her from re-marrying.
Usman, residing in Asokoro, Abuja told the court that she
got married to one Adamu Abdullahi in 2011 but that they got divorced through
Islamic way in 2016.
She said that while the marriage lasted, Abdullahi tortured
her at the slightest provocation.
“My parents actually forced me to marry him. I never loved
him and when I got into the marriage, I discovered that Abdullahi was ill-tempered.
“He usually beats me up whenever he is angry and his parents
and mine warned him severally to stop it but he did not heed their advice.’’
Usman said that Abdullahi divorced her in November 2016,
compelling her to leave his house immediately after pronouncing `divorce’ three
times in line with Islamic injunction.
“I have long observed my compulsory Idah(waiting) period but
my ex-husband has refused to allow me to marry other suitors coming for me.’’
She told the court that having finished observing the
waiting period, two men had at different times indicated interest to marry her.
Usman said that the moment her former husband got wind of
her wedding plans and the ceremony that followed, he came to the venue and
disrupted the ceremony.
“ In April this year, the man who first indicated interest
to marry me came to perform the wedding rites, my ex-husband sent a group of
boys to disrupt the ceremony.
“ On another occasion, when he heard I was about to
re-marry, he way-laid me and beat me up so much that I had to plead with him.
“On the day he beat me, he said he was beating me so that no
man would desire me since I decided to move on and re-marry almost
immediately.”
She pleaded with the court to compel her former husband to
explain why he would not want her to re-marry because his actions had
discouraged her suitors.
Usman also pleaded with the court to divorce her and
Abdullahi formally and legally, saying that she no longer had interest in
Abdullahi.
“ I want the court to issue us a divorce certificate and
restrain him from coming close to me,’’ Usman pleaded.
Reacting to the statement of his former wife, Abdullahi, who
also resides in Asokoro, said that it was true that they were no longer
married.
He said that his grouse was that his former wife came to the
court to tell lies against him.
“ Since I divorced her, according to the tenets of our
religion, I had nothing to do with her.
“I have avoided her and her family because the marriage was
arranged between our parents and we were never meant for each other,’’ he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the estranged
couple has no child from the marriage.
The Judge, Mr Abdullahi Baba, adjourned the matter until
Nov. 1 for the plaintiff to come to court with at least two persons, who
witnessed the disruption of her marriage rites.
Baba said that a divorce certificate would be issued to the
parties at the completion of the case since there was no more love between them
and they had also been living apart.
He, however, urged the parties to maintain peace since they
lived in the same neighbourhood.
Can you imagine?
He doesn't want her, yet won't free her.
Narc!
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