A divorcee, Aisha Lawal, on Thursday, dragged her husband before a Sharia Court ll siting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, saying she may be pregnant.
“My husband divorced me on Feb. 25. After I got to my fathers house with our daughter, who is about three-years-old, a month ago, I missed my period,” Aisha said.
The defendant, Ibrahim Yakubu, also a resident of Hayin Banki, Kaduna, accepted that he could be the father of the unborn baby.
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“There was every possibility of she getting pregnant. I will accept the child if it is mine,” Yakubu said.
The Judge, Musa Sa’ad-Goma, who confirmed the divorce, ordered the complainant to go for a pregnancy test and come along with the result on April 24 for ruling.
Sa’ad-Gona also held that a fix amount of money would be paid monthly to the complainant for her upkeep and that of her daughter and the unborn baby after the test.
NAN
