May 30, 2026
A businessman in Kaduna State, Auwal Musa, has approached a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, seeking an order compelling his former wife, Hauwa, to return to their matrimonial home, claiming he divorced her “under duress”.
Musa, 40, told the court that although he pronounced a single divorce on his wife, he later sought to revoke it before the expiration of her waiting period, known as iddah, but she refused to reconcile with him.
“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,” he said.
The businessman also accused his former wife of leaving with several household items and personal belongings following the dissolution of their marriage.
