A woman, Aisha Yunusa, has dragged her husband, Idris Yaqub, to a Shari’a Court at Magajin Gari, Kaduna, seeking divorce.
The complainant, through her lawyer, Abubakar Ishaq, said she was no longer in love with her husband and could not remain in the marriage. She prayed the court to dissolve the union by “Khul’i.”
“Khul’I” is a type of divorce in which a woman returns the bride price to her husband during her marriage in exchange for her freedom.
She told the court that N50,000 was paid as her bride price during the wedding and she was ready to return it.
The defendant, through his lawyer, Abdulrashid Musa, said he would collect the bride price but wanted the defendant to return N200,000 for clothes and accessories he bought for her.
According to the defendant’s counsel, the complainant left with household items, including chairs, curtains, and a fridge, valued at N330,000, totalling N530,000.
The judge, Malam Yakubu Abdullahi, said in Islam, a woman has the right to seek a divorce through “Khul’I”.
“The bride price that was paid is the only thing that the complainant is supposed to pay in Islam. Gifts and expenses incurred during the marriage are excluded,” he said.
The judge ruled that Yaqub had no valid reason as to why the complainant would pay N530,000, stating that all those things were related to tradition, not Islam.
He therefore dissolved the marriage and asked Yunusa to pay only the N50,00 bride price immediately. (NAN)
