A housewife, Sa’adatu Ayuba, has urged a Dei-Dei Grade I Area Court, to dissolve her 27-year-old marriage to her husband, Jalija for alleged impotence.
The petitioner got married to Jalija in accordance with Islamic law in 1997 and was blessed with five children ages 25, 22, 14, nine and seven.
“I got married since I was 16 years old. I have never been with any other man before my marriage.
“I have been having misunderstandings with my husband for the past two years because he has a girlfriend.
“He has not been functioning as a man. I am tired of the situation and want divorce in the interest of peace, ”she said.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Jalija in his response, stated that the petitioner’s allegation was false saying he had no girlfriend.
“I took another wife and I am performing perfectly as a man.
“The lady I married has one child for me,” he said.
He added that he had been playing his role as a husband towards the petitioner.
The petitioner, however, faulted her husband’s claim saying that the woman in question was his girlfriend.
She said that she was not aware that her husband got married to the woman.
The judge, Malam Saminu Suleiman gave the couple one week to settle the matter amicably and adjourned the case January 17.
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