Marriage as an institution is not one that should be entered into on a whim or for superficial reasons, because it takes a lot of factors to be able to decide and be sure that a particular person is the one you would want to spend the rest of your life with.
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Divorce rates all over the world are skyrocketing and Africa is no exception. Most people are being forced to settle down primarily due to pressure from family and not necessarily because of compatibility or any of the other factors that ensure for a lasting and fulfilling marriage.
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Thus, the courts are filled with married couples desperate to get a divorce day in, day out. On Wednesday, a Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, received a plea by Shamsiya Muhammad, a Muslim housewife to dissolve her marriage with her husband, Sani Adamu. Her grounds for seeking this divorce is his refusal to pray, lack of care for her and frequently insulting her parents.
“We got married six years ago and we have two children, he paid N40,000 as my bride price, I am willing to return back his money and free myself from the union as Islam guides us’’, she told the court. Her husband, Mr. Adamu, however, claims that he loves and cares for his wife, has never insulted her parents and prays five times a day. He pleaded with the court to give him and his wife time to settle their differences.
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It is reported that the case has been adjourned on four different occasions with the hope that both parties would sort out their differences with the intervention of a respected Mallam, but the wife remains adamant and insists on her freedom.
Source: Africacelebrties.com
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