A housewife in Ilorin, Kwara State, Mariam Olatunji, has filed a divorce suit against her husband, AbdulRazaq Jamiu, at the Area Court, Centre-Igboro, Ilorin, over lack of love.
The petitioner stated that the respondent had also been threatening her life since she indicated that she was no longer interested in their marriage.
“He has been threatening me with all sorts of things. I remember that he cut a part of my hair.
“I want him to write an undertaking not to hurt me in any form as he has threatened,” she said.
The petitioner also prayed the court to collect the sum of N80,000 belonging to her from the respondent.
She said she gave it to him to help her purchase a piece of land.
“I want him to pay back my money. I borrowed it for the purpose of purchasing a piece of land, but he refused to help me buy it since last year,” Olatunji said.
The petitioner, however, told the court that she would be leaving the respondent to God for His judgment, “since he denies owing the said amount.”
The respondent on his part agreed to, but denied owing the petitioner.
He also denied the allegation of divorce threatening the petitioner.
The presiding judge, AbdulKadir Ahmed, dissolved the union between the two parties based on mutual agreement.
The court ordered that the petitioner should observe the three-month Iddah period, as prescribed by Islam, before marrying again.
Ahmed, however, said that the issue of threat could not be easily decided, except the petitioner produced the evidence or witness to back it up.
He then warned the respondent to be mindful of his words and actions, saying that there won’t be any excuse in the court of law.
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