An Area Court sitting in the Centre-Igboro area of Ilorin has dissolved the Islamic marriage between Aminat Musa and Fatai Ahmed, both of Abayawo area of Ilorin, over childlessness.
The Presiding Judge, Toyin Aluko, who granted the request for dissolution of the Islamic marriage, however, ordered that the woman should observe a one-month iddah (waiting period) before she could remarry.
He said the woman could apply for a certificate of divorce at the High Court registry.
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Earlier, the woman told the court that she had been married to her husband for 15 years in accordance with Islamic rites, but the union had produced no child.
“I am no longer interested in the marriage because there is no child, love, and affection.
“I want the court to dissolve the marriage, ” she pleaded.
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