Kaduna – Malam Mohammed
Abdullahi on Friday sued his
mother-in-law, Habiba Mohammed,
at a Kaduna Sharia Court for
refusing to allow his wife return to
him after the delivery of a baby.
Abdullahi prayed the court to
order his mother -in-law to allow
his wife, Sa’ade Abdullahi, to
return to him.
Sa’ade had refused going back to
Lokoja, where Abdullahi resides
after coming home for the
delivery of her first child.
Abdullahi told the court that he
had been living in peace with his
wife since they married and that
he allowed her to return to her
mother to receive proper care
after delivery.
“A week after the naming
ceremony, we lost the child, so I
allowed her to stay for sometime.
I also gave them N50,000 for the
arrangement to return her to
Lokoja,” he said.
Abdullahi said Sa’ade failed to
return to him but was told that
her parents had spent the money.
He said he sent more money to
ensure she returned but she
failed and remained with her
mother.
But Sa’ade told the court that she
refused to return because her
husband had not been teaching
her Islamic practices, including
how to observe her daily prayers.
She further told the court that
her husband denied her marriage
mates their turns in the
observance of their marital
obligations against Islamic
injunctions.
In her testimony, Habiba told the
court that she had no hand in her
daughter’s refusal to return to
her husband.
“I am not the one who gave
Sa’ade’s hand in marriage to
Adullahi, it was her father’s
relations.
”I left her late father since she
was young,” Habiba said.
The Presiding judge, Malam
Ibrahim Inuwa, directed the
husband to enroll his wife in an
Islamic school to learn basic
Islamic knowledge.
He also directed the mother-In-
law to make arrangements for
Sa’ade’s return to her husband on
or before Sept 2.
He adjourned the case to Sept.
5 to enable the court to receive
report from the complainant on
compliance with the directive on
Sa’ade’s return. (NAN)