Fatimah Mohammed, a 16-year-old housewife, has approached Karu Upper Area Court, Abuja to seek a divorce from her husband of 2 years, Tasiu Kasim, over alleged battering and his failure to meet the basic needs of the family.
She told the court: “We got married in 2015 and I have a child with my husband, but since we got married there has been no peace in our home.”
“He is always fighting with me over petty and insignificant issues, he always beats me up”
According to News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the 16-year-old housewife added that her husband had left his responsibilities of catering for the needs of the family to her mother who has been taking care of them.
She added: “My husband also abandoned his responsibility of taking care of me and my child; he doesn’t buy us clothes and other basic necessities. It is my mother who has been catering for me and my child.”
She explained that her husband has been jealous and had always accused her of sleeping with other men.
She said: “My husband is very jealous and because I am beautiful, he is in the habit of accusing me of dating other men and selling my beauty for money.”
She prayed that the divorce should be granted as she had already moved out of her matrimonial home.
The husband, Kasim, did not deny any of the allegations from his wife but begged the court to give him time to appeal to his wife if she would change her mind.
The husband said: “I don’t have much to say to the court because I love my wife, and I know that she loves me too. We got married because we love each other.
“The court should give us a little time to enable me to approach her and sort out these issues. I do not consent to her request for a divorce.”
The judge, Abdullahi Baba in a bid to allow the couple to settle their differences, adjourned the case until the 8th of September 2017.
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