The Kano State Upper Sharia Court, on Thursday, dissolved the marriage between Asiya Abdullahi Umar Ganduje and her Husband, Inuwa Uba through Islamic means.
Earlier, Asiya Ganduje, daughter of the Kano State governor through her counsel, Ibrahim Aliyu Nassarawa, approached the court, seeking the court to dissolve her marriage, on the grounds that she is fed up, and stated her readiness to return the sum of N50,000 received as dowry.
In his response, the counsel for the respondent, Umar I. Umar, said the claim of the plaintiff is beyond the issue of dowry alone and argued that Asiya held some properties belonging to his client. Earlier in his response on the point of law, Counsel for Asiya, told the court that the plaintiff will not relinquish her rights for divorce.
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