The Nigerian woman identified as Fatima Muhammad had petitioned a Sharia Court in Kaduna to seek the dissolution of her marriage.
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Court orders divorce-seeking wife to return dowry to husband
A married woman who has gone to court to seek divorce because she is simply tired and cannot remain obedient to her husband has been ordered to compensate him for the dowry he had paid to her family.
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But on Thursday, May 11, Malam Muhammad Adamu-Shehu, the judge who presided over the court ruled that she must pay ₦80,000 to her husband if she wanted to opt out of the marriage.
“I am tired of the union and I cannot be an obedient wife to him; I prayed court to grant me custody of our three-year-old daughter,” News Agency of Nigeria quotes Fatima as having told the court.
Meanwhile, the defendant maintained that he still loved his wife and is not in support of the divorce his wife was seeking.
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Through his lawyer, L.R Ibrahim, he begged the court to not dissolve the marriage and asked for more time to address the issues raised by Fatima out of court.
The petitioner had also requested to be granted custody of their three-year-old child but the judge advised her to file a separate suit.
In an earlier report, a Nigerian ex-boxer reportedly beat his wife into a coma following an argument over a Television remote.
Reports say Moses Olapade and his wife, identified as Tinuke disagreed on which TV channel to tune to on the day of the incident.
According to Pulse NG, the incident occurred at the couple’s residence located at Oke-Aro Community in Akure, the capital of Ondo State.
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