Woman drags ex-husband to court over unpaid dowry
A housewife, Ummulkhairi Lawal, on Thursday dragged her former husband, Isa Haruna, to a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, over unpaid dowry.
She told the court that Mr Haruna was supposed to pay N120,000 as dowry for her hand in marriage.
”He divorced me on March 27 and is to offset the dowry. I beg the court to order him to pay me,” she said.
However, Mr Haruna told the court, “I am a commercial tricyclist. I am pleading with the court to give me four months to look for the money to pay her.”
The judge, Yakubu Abdullahi, said, “In Islam, the dowry of a woman is supposed to be paid without delay, for fairness and in order not to inconvenience her.”
In his ruling, the judge ordered Mr Haruna to pay Ms Lawal the agreed dowry amount.
He gave Mr Haruna until October 5 to settle the debt.
(NAN)
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