A Grade 1 Area Court, Lugbe, Abuja , Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dissolved the 12-year-old marriage between a businesswoman, Maryam Shaibu and her husband, Adamu Nasiru over lack of love and care.
The judge, Aliyu Kagarko, dissolved their marriage according to Islamic Law, following Maryam’s prayer for divorce on grounds of lack of love and care.
Kagarko also ordered Maryam to observe “Iddah”, which is a three-month period of observation after the judgment before contracting another marriage.
Earlier, the petitioner, Maryam, told the court that she got married to Nasiru under Islamic law in 2013, and the union produced two children.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), she said that Nasiru moved out of the house since October 2022, because of a little misunderstanding, thus abandoning her and their children to cater for themselves.
She stated that the issue had lingered for long, adding that in spite of family intervention, the situation has not changed.
“We have been separated for some years now and I have been taking care of our children single-handedly.
“I am no longer interested in our marriage because there is no more love,” she told the court.
She therefore prayed the court to dissolve their union.
The respondent, however, consented to divorce.
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