16-year-old wife tells court why she wants her marriage dissolved

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A 16-year-old housewife, Fatimah Mohammed, on Tuesday asked a Karu Upper Area Court, Abuja to dissolve her 2-year-old marriage with Tasiu Kasim​.​

​She told the court that she was fed up​with the union due to her husband’s excesses.

“We got married in 2015 and I have a child for my husband, but since we got married there ​has been​ no peace​.​

“He is always fighting with me over petty and insignificant issues, he always beats me up whenever issues arise and th​e ​​beatings are now unbearable for me.

“Several times​, ​he was warned by elders in both families to stop beating me, but he refused.

“My husband also abandoned his responsibility of taking care of me and my child; he doesn’t buy us clothes and other basic necessities.

“My husband is very jealous and because I am beautiful, he is in the habit of accusing me of dating other men and ​’selling my beauty for money.

“​Also, it​ is​ my mother who has been catering for me and my child,’’ ​Fatimah said.

Responding, Kasim​ ​prayed the court to give him little time to talk to his wife if she could possibly change her decision.

“I don’t have much to say to the court because I love my wife, and I know that she loves me too. We got married because we love each other.

“The court should give us a little time to enable me approach her and sort out these issues. I do not consent to her request for divorce,” Kasim said.

The judge, Abdullahi Baba, adjourned the matter until Sept​ember​ 8​.​

Source: dailypost.ng