Housewife drags hubby to court over alleged r*pe – TheNigerialawyer

A housewife, Fatima Ishaq, on Wednesday in Kaduna dragged her
husband, Hassan Haruna, before a Sharia Court in Kaduna, over
alleged rape.

The petitioner, who lives with her estranged husband within
Kaduna metropolis, through her counsel, M.S. Abdullahi, told the
court that she cannot continue living with Haruna.

Abdullahi said that his client can no longer guarantee her
respect for Haruna.

He told the court that his client was willing to pay back the
N5, 000 her husband paid as bride price in 2006.

The petitioner is seeking for the custody of their four children
and N20, 000 monthly for their upkeep.

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the respondent was
brought to the court in shackles for allegedly raping a minor.

Haruna, however, denied the charge of rape against him.

“If it is because of the rape issue you want to leave me, I can
swear with the Holy Quran that I am innocent even though I will
oblige your divorce request,” he said.

The judge, Dahiru Lawal, terminated the marriage and ordered the
petitioner to return N15, 000 to Haruna as the bride price he
paid.

“The value of money in 2006 is not same in the current
situation,” Lawal said.

(NAN)