NYSC member divorces husband and refunds bride price

A serving NYSC corp member filed a petition to a Jos Upper Area Court to
have her marriage dissolved on the grounds that she was no longer in
love with her husband.
Rukayat Ahmed, 27, who lives
in Jos with her now ex-husband, Alkasim Ahmed, argued that it was
allowed in Islamic law for partners to separate if they were no longer
in love and unwilling to live together.

Alkasim did not object to
Rukayat’s request so the marriage was dissolved. Judge Yahaya Ahmed, in
addition to granting the separation, ordered Rukayat to refund the
N80,000 which her husband paid when he came to…