Photo: Hadiza Gabon
Judge transfers alleged fake marriage promise case against actress Hadiza Gabon
A Sharia Court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, on Friday, transferred a case of alleged fake marriage promise bordering on breach of trust and cheating filed against a popular Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu-Gabon to an Upper Sharia Court.
The judge, Isiyaku Abdulrahman, transferred the case to the upper shari’a court in Tudun Wada, following the complainant’s counsel, Nurudeen Murtala’s prayer.
While transferring the case, the judge accused the counsel of wanting to waste the court’s time.
”You have two options. One is for me to strike out the case or transfer it to another court”, the judge said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Bala Musa, a civil servant, had dragged the actress to court for refusing to marry him after promising to do so and making him to spend money on her.
Mr Musa told the court, “So far I have spent N396,000 on her. Anytime she asks for money, I give her without hesitation with the hope that we will marry”.
The defendant who spoke through her counsel, Bar. Mubarak Sani, denied knowing Mr Musa saying she has never seen or met him and had no relationship with him whatsoever.
The complainant’s counsel had presented a copy of bank statements to the court and told the court that some four persons were the recipients of the money ostensibly sent to the defendant.
Two out of the four, Fatima Abdullahi and Abdullahi Yusuf, claimed to be the defendant’s friend and Personal Assistant, respectively.
They pleaded guilty of impersonating the actress and receiving money in her name and prayed the court to forgive them.
Briefly after the proceedings, the actress counsel told newsmen that he wanted the court to discharge and acquit his client as she had not cheated or breached any trust.
The complainant’s counsel on the other hand said he only wanted justice for all.
