Judiciary
A 35-year-old businessman, Mustapha Abdulrasheed, told a Grade I Area Court Kubwa, that his sister-in-law’s husband, Ibrahim Isyaku abandoned his wife, Amina Hamisu.
The plaintiff, Hamisu has been married to Isyaku for 12 years, filed for divorce on grounds of lack of care and abandonment.
At the resumed hearing, the witness, Abdulrasheed said that the plaintiff lives in the village in Kano state, while her husband lives in Abuja.
” The respondent abandoned his wife and children without care in the village, so her family asked her to join him in Abuja.
” Inspite of Hamisu relocating, her husband did not change. He family asked her to return to her older sister’s house so that he can retrace his ways but he did not.
” When Hamisu returned to her sister’s house she was already pregnant and she gave birth to their third child, a boy but her husband only brought firewood and pasta on credit from a woman.
” Till date the respondent has not paid for thepasta. His baby is five-months old now, ” Abdulrasheed said.
He added that the respondent disrespects his wife’s parents and begged the court to dissolve the marriage since the husband was no longer interested.
The respondent however denied the allegations against him and asked the witness if he had ever visited him to back his claims.
The witness in response said that the plaintiff’s sister saw her bad state and asked her to return home so that she does not die.
The judge, Malam Yahaya Sheshi, adjourned the matter untill Feb.2 for continuation of hearing.(NAN)
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Tags: Ibrahim Isyaku Mustapha Abdulrasheed
