As Husband’s Whereabouts Is Unknown, Wife Seeks Divorce From His Relations

A housewife, Hauwa Musa, on Tuesday approached a Mararaba Upper Area Court, Nasarawa State, to demand a divorce from her husband’s family.

She said this was because she could not establish whether her husband is still alive or dead.

Hauwa told the court that the respondent, one Mr. Musa Dangudu, who is a farmer and resides at One-Man Village, is an approved representative of her husband’s family.

She said that she got married to her husband, Hussaini Adamu, under Islamic Law in Mubi,  Adamawa, in 2000.


She added that the union was blessed with five children, who are all minors.

The petitioner said that for five years now, her husband had been nowhere to be found.

“Sometime in 2013, I called the respondent and told him how my husband was arrested by men of the Nigeria Police Force and did not know why and where he was detained.

“I approached DSS headquarters, Abuja, and various prisons to find out whether my husband was in custody, but all proved abortive.

“The respondent, who happened to be my husband’s brother; and his sister, are aware of all I went through all these years because I confided in them concerning the issue.

“I am tired, and can no longer keep hoping. So, I have informed them that I want a divorce certificate,” she said.

The petitioner, through her counsel, Idris Buba, prayed the court to dissolve the marriage, and restrain the “respondent, his agent and executor from preventing the petitioner from conducting a marriage with any person of her choice.”

The respondent, however, was absent in court in spite of court summons issued to him.

The judge, Ibrahim Shekarau, adjourned the case until April 30 for further hearing.


(NAN)