Crime & Court

My husband beats, starves me of food —Wife

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A housewife, Hadiza Jibril, who accused her husband, Aliyu, of beating her has begged a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State to dissolve their marriage.

Hadiza also accused her husband of starving her of food.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Aliyu, a businessman, who resides within Kaduna metropolis, denied beating or starving his wife of food.

He accused her of taking phone calls from her former lovers.

“I overheard her in a conversation on the phone with a man from Kano. He asked when she would be visiting him in Kano.

“When they were through with their conversation, I confronted her and she apologised to me, ” he said.

He said that his wife, who she met as a divorcee, wanted to leave him and go back to her former husband.

After listening to both parties, the judge, Nuhu Falalu advised the couple to explore an out-of-court settlement.

He also ordered the defendant to settle his differences with his wife.

He, thereafter adjourned the case.

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