The Kubwa Upper Area Court in Abuja has dissolved a seven-year-old “loveless” marriage between Ramatu Ahmed and her husband, Yahaya Salihu.
The judge, Mohammad Wakili, dissolved the marriage on Wednesday according to Islamic laws, following Ramatu’s prayer for divorce on the said ground.
However, after pronouncing the union dissolved, Wakili ordered Ramatu Ahmed to observe ‘Iddah’, a three-month period from the date of the judgment, before contracting another marriage.
The mother of two had told the court that she married Salihu in 2017 according to Islamic Personal Law.
Ramatu said she had been having marital issues for almost six years in the marriage, and got tired of the situation.
“In spite of family interventions, the situation has not changed. I can never love Salihu. I want the court to grant my wish,” she pleaded.
She added that when her father passed away, Salihu went to pay his condolences in her family home but refused to greet her mother.
In his response, Salihu said he does not love the plaintiff anymore, thus consenting to the divorce, adding, however, that her late father was also like a father to him.