Wife seeks dissolution of 8-year-old marriage over alleged abandonment

A housewife, Lawesa Yusuf, approached an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, seeking the dissolution of her eight -year-old marriage to her husband, Ibrahim Yau, on grounds of abandonment.

Yusuf told the court that she got married to Yau, according to Islamic laws and was blessed with a four -year old daughter.

She said that Yau had travelled to Republic of Gabon for the past one year and she could no longer wait for him.

” I do not want to be his wife anymore, I am tired and I urge the court to grant my request for a divorce,” she said.

She prayed the court to dissolve the marriage by way of “khuli”.

Khuli is a procedure through which a woman can divorce herself from her husband in Islam, by returning the dowry and everything she received from him during their life together.

It can also be without returning anything, depending on the agreement by the spouses or the judge.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), reports that the respondent was however, not in court.

The Judge, Mohammed Wakili, adjourned the matter to Sept.25 and ordered that the respondent be served immediately.