By James Moses (9News Nigeria, Jos)
A business man Haruna Adamu, on Thursday prayed to a Magaji Gari Sharia Court, Kaduna, to order his estranged wife, Salamatu Abubakar, to return to her matrimonial home or refund the bride price paid to her.
Adamu said he did not have money to marry another wife.
“So, If my wife is not willing to return to me, she should refund the bride price I paid to her parents”, he said.
Açcording to him, the marriage lasted for just eight months during which he enjoyed her only for the first two months.
He said that things went awry there after, following which she relocated to her parents.
“I married her as as divorcee and in eight months of our marriage, I only enjoyed two months be of peace.
“I love my wife and I want her back. But If she’s not willing to return home, then she should pay me off so that I can remarry because I don’t have money to marry another woman”, he said.
On her part, the defendant said she was compelled to quit her matrimonial home because her estranged husband was physically abusive, and demostrated no empathy towards her mother, who is bedridden.
She said she would rather refund the N75,000 dowry which her husband paid to her parents than return to her matrimonial home.
The Judge, Mallam Isiyaku Abdulrahman adjourned the case to January 17, for further hearing.
