Husband asks wife to marry virgin for him A 51-year-old husband, Mohammed Audu, of Tudun Wada in Mararaba, Nasarawa State, has asked a Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Aso Pada, to order his wife, Maryam, 25, to marry a virgin for him. Audu, who made the request on Wednesday at the resumed hearing in a divorce case instituted by his wife, said he would agree to the divorce, if his wife of 16-years could marry a virgin for him. He made the request when the Presiding Officer, Malam Danladi Musa, asked the couple if they had resolved the issues that made the wife file for divorce. The couple told the court that they were yet to settle the issue. Audu, however, told the court that he had requested the persons, who stood as their guardians during their marriage, to come from the village to talk to his wife. “They told me on phone that they will be coming next week to settle us. “I, therefore, urge the court to give me one last chance to settle the matter,” he pleaded. The mother of five, however, objected, saying that no marriage guardians would compel her to live with her husband. She said, “All I want is the dissolution of this marriage. Their coming will not change my mind and desire for divorce.” Following the objection raised by the wife, the presiding officer asked Audu what he wanted the court to do since his wife has insisted on divorce. Audu said that he would want the Islamic procedure of divorce to be followed in the matter, saying “I want `Khuli’ (dowry) from her. I want her to marry a young virgin girl for me to replace her. This is because she was a virgin when I married her.” After listening to their arguments, Musa granted Audu’s request for more time to settle the matter, and adjourned the case Oct. 14 for final settlement. The News Agency of Nigeria recalled that on September 26, 2013, Maryam filed a suit against her husband, seeking the dissolution of their 16-year-old marriage. She alleged that her husband had on several occasions announced that he had divorced her. On September 16, 2013, the husband had pleaded with the court to give him time to settle with his wife, saying that he still loved her.
Posted on: Sat, 05 Oct 2013 10:31:06 +0000
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