A 40-year-old businessman, Auwal Musa, has prayed a Sharia court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, Kaduna State, to order his ex-wife, Hauwa, to return to their matrimonial home.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Auwal, in his petition, said that his ex-wife forced him to divorce her after a year of getting married to her.
“I signed the divorce papers under duress. I gave one pronouncement of divorce to her and later went to their house to cancel the divorce before she finished the Iddah, but she refused to come back.
“She had left with my plasma TV, gas cylinder, electric kettle, two caps and documents belonging to my father. I want them back,” he said.
In her defense, Hauwa said he came back too late.
She explained that she had already finished her waiting period (Iddah) before Musa asked her to come back.
“I only took his plasma TV and gas cylinder. I am keeping the items pending when he pays me the N31,500 he owes me.
“He gave me the electric kettle as a gift while we were courting.
“I have no idea where his caps and father’s documents are,” she said.
The judge, Malam Murtala Nasir, advised Musa to go home and search for the documents.
He then adjourned the case.
