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Wednesday, March 12, 2025

Pregnant woman sues co-wife over alleged name-calling

The defendant denied the accusation.

• March 12, 2025
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A pregnant woman Safiya Wada on Wednesday dragged her co-wife, Izzatu Ado before a Shari’a court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna for calling her names.

The complainant told the court that Ado also curses her.

”She told me that I was carrying a load that would make me suffer,” she told the court.

The defendant denied the accusation.

The Judge , Kabir Muhammad, ordered the police to investigate the matter.

He admitted the defendant to bail on the condition that the husband stands as a surety.

He adjourned the matter until March 24.

(NAN)

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