“My husband stopped making love to me, he said he wanted a divorce”

A Magistrate's Court in Kubwa, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has dissolved a 19-year-old marriage between a businessman, Lukman Abdulaziz, and his wife, Rashidat, over irreconcilable differences.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the judge, Malam Muhammad Adamu, dissolved their marriage following Lukman's plea for confirmation of his divorce in accordance with Islamic laws.

Adamu said that in Islam a man has the power to divorce his wife by saying that Rashidat told the court that she had observed her "Iddah".

He said that Rashidat was no longer Lukman's wife and advised them to find time and discuss the upkeep of their four children.

The judge said the court would issue a divorce certificate.

Earlier, Lukman told the court that he was unable to resolve the issues with his wife and divorced him, begging the court for confirmation.

“She does not observe her daily prayers and does not like my family members. mother and she refused.

“I filed a divorce with her on June 6 and she observed her iddah. I am no longer interested in our marriage and have informed her parents,” he said.

Rashidat replied in court that Lukman told her on August 27 that he hadn't had sex with her for three months because he wanted a divorce.

"He said he would manage for our four children but wanted me to leave his house because he wanted to sell it.

"I told him the house belongs to my children because I built the house with him, it's not his house," she said

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