I will grant my wife divorce if she pays me N160,000 – Man tells court

<p>A businessman, Yahaya Mohammed, has told an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, FCT, that he will grant his wife, Hauwau Hamza a divorce if she pays him N160, 000.</p>, <p>Mohammed and Hamza were married according to Islamic law in 2020 and do not have children together.</p>, <p>Earlier, Hamza approached the court seeking dissolution of her marriage with Mohammed on grounds of lack of care and respect.</p>, <p>”If she wants a divorce, she has to get me another wife. I want my wife to pay me all I spent on her at our wedding.</p>, <p>”I paid N60,000 as dowry to marry my wife and spent N100,000 for her clothes, I insist she pays me back the total sum”, he said.</p>, <p>In response, the plaintiff said if it were Islamically appropriate for her to get a wife for her husband before he grants her a divorce, she would do so.</p>, <p>She added that Mohammed did not spend up to N160,000 on her, saying that her dowry was N60,000 only.</p>, <p>“I do not have N160,000 to give him, only if he can also pay me for the satisfaction I gave him during the marriage and the cooking I have done over the years,” the plaintiff said.</p>, <p>Mohammed, however, said if the plaintiff claimed that she had satisfied him, he had also catered to her feeding and welfare in the marriage.</p>, <p>The Judge, Mohammed Wakili ruled that it was not Islamically appropriate for the plaintiff to get the respondent another wife before he grants her a divorce.</p>, <p>Wakili adjourned the matter until Oct.17 for judgment</p>