Asiya-Balaraba Ganduje, one of the daughters of Kano State Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje has approached a Sharia Court in Kano to seek the dissolution of her 16-year-old marriage to her husband, Inuwa Uba.
City & Crime gathered from court sources that the matter was heard by the judge, Khadi Abdullahi Halliru, in his chamber with the judge hinging the decision on the personalities involved and the sensitivities of the case.
It was further gathered that Asiya-Balaraba sought the dissolution of her union with her businessman husband on the basis of her being “fed up” with the marriage.
Sources said she prayed the court to apply the Islamic principles of khul’i to dissolve the marriage even as her husband insisted that he does not want the union to end as he still loves his wife and sought the court’s indulgence for more time to explore ways of getting his wife to change her mind.
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The judge, it was gathered, thereafter adjourned the matter to January 5 for ruling and told the husband to use the space between the time for ruling to seek a way of reaching an amicable settlement with his estranged wife.
Sources close to the couple and familiar with the development said their issues started some years back.
The husband, it was gathered, was accused by the first family of using his position to enrich himself, an allegation he had severally denied.
Sources close to the husband said after the divorce proceedings were filed, security operatives raided the couple’s home and carted away title documents of properties the husband has been laying claim to and has been a bone of contention between him and his wife.
