My husband beats me, disrespects my parents —Wife

• I agree to divorce-Husband

A 13-year-old marriage between a housewife, Gaminana Aminat and her husband, Musa Abdulrahab was dissolved in a Lugbe Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), for disrespect and battery.

The judge, Aliyu Kagarko, dissolved their marriage according to Islamic Law, following Aminat’s prayer for divorce on grounds of misbehaviour and lack of respect.

Kagarko also ordered Aminat to observe “Iddah”, which is a three-month period of observation after the judgment before contracting another marriage.

Earlier, the petitioner, Aminat told the court that she got married to Abdulrahab under Islamic law in 2012, and that their union produced three children.

Aminat said that Abdulrahab had been misbehaving and disrespecting her and her parents for some years now.

According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the plaintiff stated that the defendant always beat her at any little misunderstanding, and when her parents and other family members tried to intervene, he would insult them.

She told the court that both family members had tried to advise him but he refused to adhere to their advice.

“We fight each other always and I can no longer bear the pains.

“I can no longer tolerate his misbehaviour and disrespect for me and my parents.

"I am no longer interested in our marriage as a result of his lack of care for me and our children, his constant beating of me, and his disrespect for my parents.”

Aminat thus prayed the court to dissolve their marriage on the ground of beating, lack of care and disrespect.

The respondent, however, consented to divorce.