12-month-old couple split due to lack of love

Due to the inability to love each other, a couple has been divorced by a Grade 1 Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja court after just 12 months of marriage.

Halima Sa’idu and husband Haruna Abdullahi were inlaws before they became a couple and had to marry to fulfil religious laws when Halima's previous husband, who was Haruna's brother, passed away.

“I got married to Abdullahi after losing my husband, and he has failed to perform his responsibilities as my husband since we got married.

“ When I spoke to him on getting a divorce, he refused and threatened to kill me if I seek dissolution of our marriage in court,” she said.

According to her, the marriage contracted on Jan.2, 2019, under Islamic Law, is without any child.

“My lord, I want an end to this marriage because I am not happy and I urge the court to make an order, that if anything happens to me, Abdullahi should be held responsible, “she said.

Haruna, however, admitted to threatening Halima, claiming that he did it out of anger.

The presiding judge, Mr Muhammad Adamu, dissolved the marriage and ordered Halima to observe “Iddah” which is a waiting period to observe her three-month menstrual cycle before contracting another marriage.

He also said that the respondent should write an undertaking to be of good behaviour and desist from uttering statements such as threat to life of the petitioner. (NAN/NTA)