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Thursday, November 17, 2022
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An aged man, Musa Sulaiman, and his daughter, Salma Musa, on Wednesday dragged one Umar Salisu, a tricycle rider, to a Shari’a court docket sitting at Rigasa, Kaduna for impregnating the daughter.
The 2 plaintiffs who spoke by means of their counsel, Kabir Alhassan, mentioned Mr Salisu had promised to marry the second plaintiff after the incident however failed to take action after she had delivered her child.
“Two years in the past, the defendant approached the primary plaintiff with a request to permit him to court docket his daughter who was 16 years outdated at the moment.
“The daddy of the second plaintiff gave consent and permission to the defendant and the defendant began coming to the home to satisfy the lady in her mom’s room,” he mentioned.
He said that the defendant had promised the second plaintiff marriage and impregnated her throughout courtship whereas the daddy was not conscious till the being pregnant was seven months outdated.
He added that the defendant who was approached by the primary plaintiff, confessed and admitted that he was accountable and promised to marry her after supply.
Mr Alhassan defined that the defendant later denied paternity of the newborn and refused to fulfil his promise of marrying the second plaintiff.
“We’re praying court docket to compel the defendant to fulfil his promise and endeavor of marrying the second plaintiff since nobody is keen to marry her as a result of incident,” he prayed.
In his defence, the defendant’s counsel, I. H. Yahya, denied the allegation, saying his shopper was not liable for the being pregnant and had not promised the second plaintiff marriage.
The Decide, Abubakar Salisu-Tureta, adjourned the matter to December 5 for the plaintiffs to current witnesses.
(NAN)
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