Married at 13, now 20, woman seeks divorce, husband demands N300,000

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)

source: vanguard