Court Dissolves 12-Year-Old Marriage Over Abandonment

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday, dissolved a 12
-year-old marriage between Fatima Salisu and Abubakar on grounds of
abandonment.

Salisu in her petition prayed the court to dissolve her marriage
on grounds that Abubakar abandoned her in February 2020.

Delivering judgment, the Presiding judge, Muhammad Adamu also
ordered the petitioner to observe “Iddah”, a waiting period to be
observed for three months before contracting another marriage.

The petitioner revealed that she got married to Abubakar under
Islamic Personal Law in 2009 and that they do not have
children.

She said Abubakar, who lives in Mararaba, Nasarawa state
abandoned her at Dei-dei without any reason adding that all efforts
to reach him failed.

She prayed to the court to dissolve her marriage due to lack of
love based on her husband’s abandonment.

Abubakar, consented to his wife’s petition for divorce.
(NAN)

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday, dissolved a 12
-year-old marriage between Fatima Salisu and Abubakar on grounds of
abandonment.

Salisu in her petition prayed the court to dissolve her marriage
on grounds that Abubakar abandoned her in February 2020.

Delivering judgment, the Presiding judge, Muhammad Adamu also
ordered the petitioner to observe “Iddah”, a waiting period to be
observed for three months before contracting another marriage.

The petitioner revealed that she got married to Abubakar under
Islamic Personal Law in 2009 and that they do not have
children.

She said Abubakar, who lives in Mararaba, Nasarawa state
abandoned her at Dei-dei without any reason adding that all efforts
to reach him failed.

She prayed to the court to dissolve her marriage due to lack of
love based on her husband’s abandonment.

Abubakar, consented to his wife’s petition for divorce.
(NAN)