A 45-year-old man, Yusuf Muhammad, has demanded that a Sharia court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, order his wife, Murjanatu Nasiru, to pay him N1.6 million in exchange for a divorce.

Mr Muhammad made the request following Ms Nasiru’s prayer for divorce by way of redemption (Khul’I).

She had earlier promised to refund the N30,000 he paid as dowry.

“I gave her N50,000 as dowry, not N30,000, and she made me lose the N35,000 monthly allowance I used to receive from my brothers as a result of ill health.

“Since we got married in 2018, my brothers stopped sending me the monthly allowance because I married her.

“Therefore, she has to pay me the money before getting the divorce from me,” he said.

Ms Nasiru, through her lawyer Abubakar Abdullahi, said there was no prior agreement to pay the defendant any money.

“I don’t want to continue with the marriage because I don’t want to disobey God,” she said.

Judge Rilwanu Kyaudai adjourned the case until September 15 for Ms Nasiru to produce her witnesses in the matter. 

(NAN)