Divorced nursing mother seeks custody of 4 children

Divorced nursing mother seeks custody of 4 children

Children
By Aisha Gambo
Kaduna, June 6, 2018(NAN) A nursing mother, Bilkisu Abubakar on Wednesday asked the Sharia Court II sitting at Magajin Gari Kaduna, to grant her the custody of her four children who were taken away by their father.

The complainant told the court that her ex- husband, Hassan Muhammad, had divorce her seven months ago while she was pregnant and took away the the four children to his village.

The complainant said that her husband was assisted in taking away the children by members of a vigilante group in their area.

Abubakar told the court that the children have been left to suffer without care and education.

“When I visited the village, I saw my children in a sorry state; two of them were seriously sick and the other  two were said to have gone to the bush to graze animals”.

Abubakar also complained that she had not received any support from the defendant for the upkeep of her baby since she delivered, and urged the court to compel him to take full responsibility of his children.

She added that Muhammad had sold out a piece of land he gave her without her consent and also owes her N138, 000.

In his defence, the ex-husband denied taking the four children without the consent of his wife, adding that she  willingly gave him the children.

He said that he neither borrowed from her nor gave her any land, explaining that he only gave her documents of a land for safe keeping.

The judge, Musa Sa’ad after listening to both parties asked the complainant if she had any witness.

The complainant, however, told the court that she had no witness except God, but added that there was a written agreement with regards to the land.

The judge has adjourned the case till June 13 for the complainant to present witnesses.

He also ordered members of the vigilante group mentioned in the case to appear on the next adjourned date. (NAN)

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Edited by Halima Sheji/Maharazu Ahmed