A Jos Central Area Court, sitting in Kasuwan Nama, Jos, has granted a woman, Simaiga Bulus, divorce on grounds that her husband of 22 years, Biko, abandoned her for eight years.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), delivering judgment,, the presiding judge, Ghazali, held that the court had no choice but to dissolve the union.
“Both parties are no longer husband and wife. They are free to go their separate way, “they held.
In her petition, Bulus said: “My husband travelled to visits his kith and kin at Lamazak in Adamawa eight years ago and has not returned since then.
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“He has not called me since then. He left me with the full responsibility of taking care of our three children.
“We got married 22 years ago I the traditional way,” she said.
The respondent was not in court.
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