Judiciary
I regret marrying my brother’s friend, woman tells court
A mother of five, Ramat Abideen, on Monday, asked a Mapo Grade A Customary Court in Ibadan to dissolve her marriage of 18 years to her estranged husband, Yusuf, on grounds of constant battery.
Ramat said that she had endured pain and humiliation since she moved in with Abideen in spite of his failure to pay her bride price.
“When my senior brother who is a friend to Abideen got to know about his proposal to marry me, he opposed it, but I insisted on marrying him.
“I turned down my brother’s advice not to marry him because Abideen swore on the holy Quran to take good care of me.
“Firstly, he took the sum of N83,000 that I saved for the purpose of buying a piece of land from me.
“Furthermore, he beats the hell out of me at the slightest provocation even when he got a second wife.
“At some point, Abideen left Ibadan to work in Igboora, I followed him and he never stopped assaulting me.
“Besides the untold domestic violence against me, Abideen has refused to join me in catering for one of our children and the only son who is physically challenged,” Ramat said.
However, Abideen, refused to enter appearance in the case.
Delivering judgment, the Court’s President, Mrs S.M. Akintayo, held that there was no marriage to be dissolved between Ramat and Abideen since there was never a contractual marriage in the first place.
She said that since Abideen did not pay any bride price, an essential element in a customary marriage, there was no marriage to dissolve.
Akintayo, however, awarded custody of the five children produced by the couple to the petitioner and directed Ramat not to deny Abideen access to the children.
She also granted an order restraining Abideen from threatening, harassing and interfering in the private life of the petitioner.
The court’s president further held that both Ramat and Abideen should be jointly responsible for sponsorship of the children’s education and their welfare.
Judiciary
Court remands man for allegedly stealing cold room compressor
A Sharia Court in Kano State on Wednesday ordered that a 25-year-old man, Ahmed Abdulkadir who pleaded guilty to stealing a cold room compressor unit worth N60,000 be remanded in a correction centre.
The police charged Abdulkadir, who lives in Fagge Quarters, Kano, with theft.
The Judge, Malam Umar Lawal-Abubaka, adjourned the matter until July 25 for summary trial.
Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, Insp Abdullahi Wada told the court that the complainant, Nura Muhammed who also resides in Fagge Quarters, reported the matter at the Fagge Police Station, Kano, on July 6.
Wada alleged that the defendant, entered into the complainant’s shop and stole the compressor unit.
The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge.
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Judiciary
Jigawa High Court judges begin annual vacation
Jigawa State Chief Judge, Justice Umar M. Sadiq has approved July 10 for the commencement of annual vacation for the State High Court.
This was contained in a press statement signed by the Director, Publicity and Protocol Matters, Jigawa State Judiciary, issued to newmen.
The statement said the High Court Judicial staff would resume work on Monday, September 11, 2023.
He said the vacation is under the Provision of Order 45 Rule 5(1) of the Jigawa State High Court Civil Procedure Rules (Subsidiary Legislation) Cap. H-2, laws of Jigawa, 2012.
“Given the above, by the Provision of Jigawa State High Court 2022/2023 Legal Calendar, all High Court Judges shall be on vacation from Monday, 10th July, 2023, to Friday, 8th September, 2023 and resume work on Monday, 11th September, 2023,” he said.
He said that during the vacation period, Justice Mustapha Bello Adamu of High Court No 9 Hadejia would serve as the Vacation Judge and sit at High Court Complex, Dutse.
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