A pregnant woman, Harira Aliyu, has asked a Shari’a court sitting in Rigasa, Kaduna State, to compel her former husband, Nasiru Al-Hassan to provide financial support for her upkeep. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the complainant also prayed the court to confirm one pronouncement of divorce made by Al-Hassan in March.....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
“I am eight months pregnant. Since our divorce in March, he has only been able to send me money for two months for my upkeep and our unborn child.
“It is important that he continues to provide for me as I await delivery in a month’s time,” she told the court.
In his defense, the defendant who spoke through his counsel, Abubakar Sani, said he was briefed only recently.
Be asked the court to give him more time to respond to the petition.
The judge, Malam Mukhtar Aliyu, adjourned the case.
