My husband rented out my room, moved my belongings to sitting room

A middle-aged house wife, Umma Bashir, has dragged her husband, Bashir Ibrahim, to Sharia Court ll at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State for renting out her bedroom without her knowledge.

The complainant told the court that her husband had provided two rooms for her and her two children but decided to rent out the bedroom without her consent.

She said “I returned home from a journey to discover that my bedroom was locked and my belongings moved to the sitting room.

“When I confronted my husband, he told me that it was his room and he has the right to do whatever he wishes with it.”

Umma, who had left for her parents’ house for five days, told the court that she would not return to her matrimonial home until her husband provide good shelter for her.

She also disclosed that his two other wives were living in a two-bedroom apartment each with their children but she was left with one room to manage.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the defendant agreed to have rented the room out but denied his wife’s claim of not being informed.

Bashir said, “I informed her that I would rent out one of the rooms so as to be able to renovate the apartment she would move to.”

Ibrahim added that he promised his wife that he would use the money from the rent to renovate the proposed apartment.

The judge, Malam Musa Sa’ad, after listening to both parties, emphasised the importance of shelter in marriage.

He said it was the responsibility of the husband to provide shelter for the family, stressing that “it was wrong for husband and wife to live in one room with two teenagers.”

The judge adjourned the case so that the court could inspect the house and assess its condition.

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