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An Upper Area Court in Jos on Tuesday granted the prayer of a housewife seeking to divorce her husband due to her “lack of love for him” after twelve years of marriage with three children.
Periscope International reports that the woman, Hajara Adamu, had filed for divorce from her husband, Ismail Adamu, before the court urging it to dissolve her marriage to her husband because she lacked love for him.
Delivering judgement on Tuesday, the judge, Suleiman Lawal, granted her the divorce that she sought.
“I hereby order the petitioner and the respondent to go their separate ways after 12 years of marriage.
“The petitioner should refund the dowry of N55,000 to the respondent, and take custody
of one of their three children,” Suleiman held.
The divorcee had told the court during the hearing of the suit that she had just been managing to stay with her husband without any feelings for him.
She had submitted that her total lack of love for her husband made her to develop depression, hence she wanted an immediate divorce from him.
All efforts to convince her to remain in the marriage had failed.