A housewife, Hauwa Musa, on Tuesday,
approached a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, to demand for divorce
from her husband’s family, as she cannot establish whether her husband is alive
or dead.
Hauwa told the court that the respondent, one
Mr. Musa Dangudu, who is a farmer and resides at One Man Village, is an
approved representative of her husband’s family.
She said that she got married to her husband,
Hussaini Adamu, under Islamic Law in Mubi,
Adamawa, sometimes in 2000.
She added that the union was blessed with five
children, who are all minors.
The petitioners said that for five years now,
her husband is nowhere to be found.
“Sometimes in 2013, I called the respondent,
and told him how my husband was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police and did
not know why and where he was detained.
“I approached DSS headquarters, Abuja, and
various prisons to find out whether my husband was in custody, but all proved
abortive.
“The respondent, who happened to be my
husband’s brother and his sister are aware of all I went through all these
years, because I confided on them concerning the issue.
“I am tired, and can no longer keep hoping, so
I have informed them that I want a divorce certificate, she said.
The petitioner, through his counsel Idris
Buba, prayed the court to dissolve the marriage, and restrain the “respondent,
his agent, executor from preventing the petitioner from conducting a marriage
with any person of her choice.”
The respondent, however, was absent in court
in spite court summons issued to him.
The judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, adjourned the
case until April 30 for further hearing. (NAN)
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