Kano woman remanded for saying co-wife is infertile
A Kano State Shari’a Court sitting in Kwana Hudu PRP has remanded a house wife, Maimuna Garba, for allegedly calling her co-wife and a bride to her husband, Zainab Nafiu, an infertile woman. Maimuna Garba, who is the first wife of the husband, was arraigned before the court by the Kano State Police Command following […]
A Kano State Shari’a Court sitting in Kwana Hudu PRP has remanded a house wife, Maimuna Garba, for allegedly calling her co-wife and a bride to her husband, Zainab Nafiu, an infertile woman.
Maimuna Garba, who is the first wife of the husband, was arraigned before the court by the Kano State Police Command following a complaint by the second wife.
She is standing trial on a count charge of human right abuse.
Earlier, the bride told the police that the defendant has been addressing her as an infertile woman, as she is yet to give birth years after she married her husband.
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She also alleged that the woman is addressing her with several other words that are injurious to her character, and that she is making her angry with her abusive words.
During the court hearing, the judge, Nura Yusuf Ahmad, ordered the prosecutor, Aliyu Abideen, to read the charges against the defendant.
When the charges were read against her, she pleaded not guilty.
The court ordered that she should be remanded in correctional centre and adjourned the matter until September 15 for hearing.
It also ordered that the defendant should present her witness/witnesses before the court in the next sitting.