My husband refused to consummate our marriage five months after we got married, woman tells court

A housewife, Jamila Hussaini, has approached an Upper Area Court sitting in Mararaba-Gurku, Nasarawa State, seeking the dissolution of her marriage to her husband, Ahmed Muhammad, over claims of non-consummation of their marriage and trauma.

Jamila, who resides at Masaka, in Karu area of Nasarawa State, filed the petition on April 17, against her husband.

The petitioner told the court that she was married to Ahmed who resides in Abuja, under Islamic Law.

She averred that since their marriage on December 27, 2025, the respondent had not taken her to his house or even provided her with shelter.

According to the petitioner, she had remained in her parents’ house since the marriage was contracted, adding that it has not been consummated.

The petitioner also claimed that she had been  traumatised by the  respondent, adding that she had lost all love and affection for him.

ALSO READ: APC postpones House of Reps primary 

She, consequently, sought an order for the dissolution of their union and for any other order the court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of the case.

The respondent was absent in court, but he sent a divorce letter for the court to proceed and pronounce a single divorce according to Islamic Law.

The presiding judge, Mohammed Yakubu, consequently, granted dissolution of the union, following mutual consent of the parties.

The court, however, ordered that the petitioner should observe a three months waiting period (‘Iddah) according to Islamic law before she contracted another marriage.